Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB1077 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 1077
5	5	March 6, 2024 - Introduced by Senators F ELZKOWSKI, COWLES, FEYEN and
6	6	SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives SWEARINGEN, BEHNKE, BODDEN,
7	7	CALLAHAN, GREEN, MICHALSKI, MURSAU, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SORTWELL, TITTL
8	8	and EDMING. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting
9	9	Heritage.
10	10	AN ACT relating to: a wakeboat study at the University of Wisconsin System.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	This bill requires the University of Wisconsin System, in submitting
13	13	information to the governor for the purposes of the 2025-27 biennial budget, to
14	14	submit a plan for conducting a wakeboat study and request funding for conducting
15	15	the wakeboat study in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium. The bill requires the study to
16	16	be planned to measure wave energy from representative wakeboats engaged in wake
17	17	surfing and wake boarding activities in typical wake-enhanced mode and at various
18	18	distances, study the impact of enhanced wakes on lake bottoms, fish nesting, aquatic
19	19	vegetation, and sediment disruption, and assess the wave energy of waves generated
20	20	by winds and storms compared to the energy of waves generated by enhanced wakes.
21	21	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
22	22	enact as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1.0Nonstatutory provisions.
24	24	(1) FUNDING REQUEST FOR WAKEBOAT STUDY.
25	25	(a) Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42
26	26	for purposes of the 2025-27 biennial budget bill, the University of Wisconsin System
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33	33	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 1077
34	34	shall submit a plan for conducting a wakeboat study and request funding for
35	35	conducting the wakeboat study in the 2025-27 fiscal biennium.
36	36	(b) The study under par. (a) shall be planned to do all of the following:
37	37	1. Be conducted with the boats described in subd. 4. on representative inland
38	38	lake bodies of water in this state.
39	39	2. Be conducted with the best available technology, including sensors,
40	40	underwater cameras, and overhead video shot with drones.
41	41	3. Study and measure wave energy from representative wakeboats engaged in
42	42	wake surfing and wake boarding activities in typical wake enhanced mode, both with
43	43	maximum ballast and wake shaping equipment and without ballast. The study and
44	44	measure of wave energy under this subdivision shall incorporate a test of at least two
45	45	different 2023-year or later wakeboat models, one of which shall be a typical boat
46	46	with engines with, at minimum, 400 horsepower and a total boat weight of 10,000
47	47	pounds or more, including the weight owing to ballast, and one of which shall be a
48	48	boat with engines with, at minimum, 600 horsepower and that represents the
49	49	maximum size wakeboat sold for use on inland waters in this state as measured by
50	50	the boat's total weight, including the weight owing to full ballast.
51	51	4. Study wave energy of the enhanced wake from wakeboats measured against
52	52	other non-wake-enhanced boats commonly used on inland lakes in this state,
53	53	including in the study a representative ski boat, a representative pontoon boat, a
54	54	20-foot or longer representative fishing boat with minimum 200 horsepower
55	55	outboard motor, and if available, a cabin boat with inboard engine and length of 27
56	56	feet or longer. The goal of the study shall be comparing wave size and energy from
57	57	wake-enhanced boats to similar sized boats on lakes and rivers in this state that are
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84	84	SECTION 1
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86	86	used for recreation, fishing and pleasure boating. The study of wave energy under
87	87	this paragraph shall also do all of the following:
88	88	a. Measure the energy and height of waves generated by the boats described
89	89	this subdivision at distances of 100, 200, 500, 700 and 1,000 feet from shorelines. The
90	90	study shall determine at what distances a wake-enhanced boat must be from shore
91	91	for both the energy and wave height to equal the same energy and wave height as
92	92	non-wake-enhanced boats at 200 foot distances from shore.
93	93	b. Include an analysis of the impact of wake-enhanced waves at distances of
94	94	100, 200, and 500 feet from other boaters, kayakers, paddleboarders, fishing boats,
95	95	sailboats, and other water users, with the goal of understanding whether
96	96	wake-enhanced waves present additional safety challenges to lake users compared
97	97	to other non-wake-enhanced boats.
98	98	5. Study the impact of enhanced wakes on lake bottoms, fish nesting, aquatic
99	99	vegetation, and sediment disruption, and measure energy and video comparisons of
100	100	wake-enhanced versus non-wake-enhanced boats in water depths of 10, 15, and 20
101	101	feet. The study of lake bottoms shall include all of the following:
102	102	a. Measure of downward prop wash created by a boat in wake surf mode
103	103	compared to other boats.
104	104	b. Measure of divergent wave impact on lake bottom.
105	105	c. Analysis of the impacts, if any, to lake littoral zones resulting from wave
106	106	energy as wake-enhanced waves reach the shoreline.
107	107	d. Determination of the amount of energy a typical lake bottom in this state
108	108	absorbs as waves move from deep to shallow waters over distances of 500 and 700
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136	136	e. An element regarding sediment resuspension, including an inquiry into
137	137	whether bottom sediment disruption by enhanced wakes include resuspension of
138	138	toxic elements like Polychlorinated biphenyls and arsenic, and an inquiry into
139	139	whether any sediment resuspension settles on the leaves of aquatic vegetation and
140	140	inhibits the aquatic vegetation's growth.
141	141	f. An assessment of wave energy and its impacts on both steep and gradual lake
142	142	bottom drop-offs to the shoreline, and whether steep lake bottoms demonstrate a
143	143	significantly higher shoreline impact compared to gradual lake bottoms.
144	144	6. Assess the wave energy of waves generated by winds and storms compared
145	145	to the energy of waves generated by enhanced wakes, considering the impacts of
146	146	fetch analysis of wind correlation on small lakes compared to large lakes. In order
147	147	to provide context, this assessment shall include a review of historical sustained
148	148	wind measurements on lakes in this state.
149	149	7. Assess the potential impact of wake enhanced wave energy on shorelines as
150	150	that impact relates to shoreline erosion.
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