30.19 Enlargement and protection of waterways.

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(1b)Definition. In this section:

(a)“Artificial water body” means a body of water that does not have a history of being a lake or stream or of being part of a lake or stream.

(b)“Bank” means either of the following:

1. Land area that is, in size, the greater of the following:

a. The portion of land surface that extends 75 feet landward from the ordinary high-water mark of any navigable waterway.

b. The portion of land surface extending landward from the ordinary high-water mark of any navigable waterway to the point where the slope is less than 12 percent.

2. A bank as determined by the department by rule under sub.

(1d).

(c)“Priority navigable waterway” means any of the following:

1. A navigable waterway, or a portion of a navigable waterway, that is identified as an outstanding or exceptional resource water under s. 281.15 .

2. A navigable waterway, or a portion of a navigable waterway, identified as a trout stream.

3. A lake that is less than 50 acres in size.

4. Any other navigable waterway, or portion of a navigable waterway, that the department has determined, by rule, contains sensitive fish and aquatic habitat and that the department has specifically identified by rule.