Wisconsin Code § 31.309

Portage levee system and canal
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(1) CITY OF
PORTAGE LEVEE. (a) The department shall provide a grant in the
1995-97 fiscal biennium from the appropriation under s. 20.370
(5) (cq) to the city of Portage for the amount necessary for the
renovation and repair of the city of Portage levee in the Portage
levee system. The grant under this paragraph may not exceed
$800,000 in fiscal year 1995-96 and $800,000 in fiscal year
1996-97.
(ag) The department shall provide a grant of $350,000 in fiscal year 2001-2002 and a grant of $350,000 in fiscal year 2002-

2003 from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq) to the city of
Portage for the renovation and repair of the Portage canal.
(am) The city of Portage may use any amounts from the grant
awarded under par. (a) for the renovation and repair of the Portage
canal.
(b) When the department determines that the renovation and
repair described under par. (a) are complete, the city of Portage
shall assume the maintenance of the city of Portage levee in the
Portage levee system in a manner that will best protect the surrounding area from the overflow of the Wisconsin River.
(2) LEWISTON AND CALEDONIA LEVEES. (a) The department
shall maintain the Lewiston and Caledonia levees in the Portage
levee system in a manner that will best protect the surrounding
area from the overflow of the Wisconsin River.
(b) The department may expend in fiscal year 1995-96, from
the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq), up to $400,000 for a
study concerning the future of strengthening and maintaining the
Lewiston and Caledonia levees in the Portage levee system. The
study shall include a management plan for these 2 levees.

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