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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 614

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the operation of motor vehicles on the exposed beds of outlying waters to control Phragmites australis.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the operation of a motor vehicle, including an all-terrain

vehicle, is prohibited in or on a navigable body of water or on the exposed bed of a body

of water. Exemptions to this prohibition include operating a motor vehicle on a

frozen body of water, while crossing a stream, or in conjunction with an agricultural

activity.

This bill creates an additional exemption authorizing the operation of a motor

vehicle on the exposed beds of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, and other waters

that are part of or connect to these lakes (outlying waters), in order to destroy or

prevent the spread of the invasive species

Phragmites australis

if the operation of the

motor vehicle is in compliance with certain requirements. These requirements

include that the operation of the motor vehicle be limited to mowing or the

application of herbicides and that the motor vehicle be operated only on the exposed

bed when it is dry and only between the period beginning on August 1st and ending

on the following March 15th.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hansen (D) , Holperin (D)

6 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Bies (R) , Nygren (R) , Soletski (D) , Townsend (R) , Van Roy (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Apr 9, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

Passed 33–0 Apr 15, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 11, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen and Holperin;Cosponsored by Representatives Soletski, Nygren, Van Roy, Bies, A. Ott and Townsend

  2. Mar 11, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources

  3. Mar 31, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 7, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Hansen

  6. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 9, 2010 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Apr 9, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  9. Apr 9, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  11. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-15-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  13. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 adopted

  15. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  18. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 12:09 P.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  22. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Apr 26, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-26-2010

  29. May 13, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 5-13-2010

  30. May 18, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-18-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 377

  31. May 20, 2010 · Senate

    Published 6-1-2010