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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 747

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Relating to: shoreline maintenance in outlying waters.

Lakes Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection Shoreland zoning Waterways and water power Wells

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts from Department of Natural Resources permitting

requirements certain shoreline maintenance activities in Lake Superior, Lake

Michigan, Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Sawyer's Harbor, and the Fox River from its

mouth up to the dam at De Pere (outlying waters).

Under current law, a person must obtain one or more permits from DNR in

order to conduct certain activities in or near navigable waterways, including placing

structures or deposits in navigable waters, manually removing aquatic plants from

navigable waters, and removing material from the bed of a navigable water. The bed

of a navigable water includes the area between the water's edge and the ordinary

high-water mark (shoreline area). This bill exempts from these permit

requirements certain shoreline maintenance activities that are conducted in the

shoreline area of outlying waters, including leveling sand, grooming soil, removing

debris, and mowing vegetation.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Hansen (D) , LeMahieu (R) , Stroebel (R)

6 cosponsors

Katsma (R) , Kitchens (R) , Nygren (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 1, 2018 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. Jan 29, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, LeMahieu, Hansen and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, R. Brooks, Katsma, Kitchens, Steffen and Tusler

  2. Jan 29, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Feb 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1