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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 SENATE BILL 1016
February 13, 2024 - Introduced by Senator JACQUE, cosponsored by Representative
SINICKI. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting
Heritage.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 30.68 (4) (title); and to create 30.68 (4) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: the operation of a motorboat causing an amplified wake.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill restricts the operation of a motorboat causing an amplified wake,
which the bill defines as a boat wake the height of which is intentionally amplified
through the use of ballast, boat design features, or operational procedures. The bill
prohibits such operation on a lake smaller than 1,500 acres, on a lake with a
maximum depth of less than 20 feet, and less than 700 feet from the shoreline or from
any boat, swimmer, or other water user on a river or on a lake that is 1,500 acres or
larger.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 30.68 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.68 (4) (title) CREATING HAZARDOUS WAKE OR WASH OR AMPLIFIED WAKE.
SECTION 2. 30.68 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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SECTION 2 SENATE BILL 1016
30.68 (4) (c) 1. In this paragraph, “amplified wake” means a boat wake the
height of which is intentionally amplified through the use of ballast, boat design
features, or operational procedures.
2. On a lake that is smaller than 1,500 acres, no person may operate a
motorboat causing an amplified wake.
3. On a lake the maximum depth of which is less than 20 feet, no person may
operate a motorboat causing an amplified wake.
4. On a river or on a lake that is 1,500 acres or larger, no person may operate
a motorboat causing an amplified wake less than 700 feet from the shoreline or from
any boat, swimmer, or other individual using the water.
(END)
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