91 Relating to: an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of buoys or other markers in waterways.

  Date of enactment: November 11, 2015
2015 Senate Bill 110   Date of publication*: November 12, 2015

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2015 WISCONSIN ACT 91

An Act to create 895.528 of the statutes; relating to: an exemption from civil liability related to the placement of buoys or other markers in waterways.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 895.528 of the statutes is created to read:

895.528 Civil liability exemption; placement of markers in waterways. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a person is immune from civil liability for damage or injury caused by placing, or failing to place, buoys or other markers in a waterway if all of the following apply:

(a) The person holds, or acts under the direction of a person who holds, a permit or other approval from the department of natural resources that authorizes the placement of the buoys or markers in the waterway.

(b) The permit or other approval described under par. (a) authorizes placement of buoys or markers for the purpose of identifying or marking hazards in the waterway.

(2) A person is not immune from civil liability under sub. (1) for damage or injury caused by placing, or failing to place, buoys or other markers in a waterway if the person intentionally causes the damage or injury.