AB150,1146,2215 51.15 (8) (title) Treatment Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. When an
16individual is detained under this section, the director and staff of the treatment
17facility may evaluate, diagnose and treat the individual during detention, if the
18individual consents. The individual has a right to refuse medication and treatment
19as provided in s. 51.61 (1) (g) and (h). The individual shall be advised of that right
20by the director of the facility or his or her designee, and a report of any evaluation
21and diagnosis and of
all treatment provided shall be filed by that person with the
22court.
AB150, s. 3255 23Section 3255. 51.15 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1147,824 51.15 (10) Voluntary patients. If an individual has been admitted to an
25approved treatment facility under s. 51.10 or 51.13, or has been otherwise admitted

1to such facility, the treatment director or his or her designee, if conditions exist for
2taking the individual into custody under sub. (1), may sign a statement of emergency
3detention and may detain, or detain, evaluate, diagnose and treat, such the
4individual as provided in this section. In such case, the treatment director shall
5undertake all responsibilities which that are required of a law enforcement officer
6under this section. The treatment director shall promptly file the statement with the
7court having probate jurisdiction in the county of detention as provided in this
8section.
AB150, s. 3256 9Section 3256. 51.15 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1147,1710 51.15 (11) Liability. Any individual acting who acts in accordance with this
11section, including making a determination that an individual has or does not have
12mental illness or evidences or does not evidence a substantial probability of harm
13under sub. (1) (a) 1., 2., 3. or 4.,
is not liable for any actions taken in good faith. The
14good faith of the individual actor shall be presumed in any civil action. Any person
15who
Whoever asserts that the individual acting who acts in accordance with this
16section has not acted in good faith has the burden of proving that assertion by
17evidence that is clear, satisfactory and convincing.
AB150, s. 3257 18Section 3257. 51.15 (11g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1147,2219 51.15 (11g) Other liability. Subsection (11) applies to a director of a facility,
20as specified in sub. (2), or his or her designee, who under a court order evaluates,
21diagnoses or treats an individual who is confined in a jail, if the individual consents
22to the evaluation, diagnosis or treatment.
AB150, s. 3258 23Section 3258. 51.35 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1148,2024 51.35 (3) (a) A licensed psychologist of a juvenile correctional facility under s.
2548.52 or 48.557 or a licensed physician of the department of corrections, who has

1reason to believe that any individual confined in the facility is, in his or her opinion,
2in need of services for developmental disability, alcoholism or drug dependency or in
3need of psychiatric services, and who has obtained voluntary consent to make a
4transfer for treatment, shall make a report, in writing, to the superintendent of the
5facility, stating the nature and basis of the belief and verifying the consent. In the
6case of a minor age 14 and over, the minor and the minor's parent or guardian shall
7consent unless the minor is admitted under s. 51.13 (1) (c); and in the case of a minor
8under the age of 14, only the minor's parent or guardian need consent. The
9superintendent shall inform, orally and in writing, the minor and the minor's parent
10or guardian, that transfer is being considered and shall inform them of the basis for
11the request and their rights as provided in s. 51.13 (3). If the department of health
12and social services
, upon review of a request for transfer, determines that transfer
13is appropriate, the department of health and social services may immediately
14transfer the individual. If the department of corrections, upon review of a request
15for a transfer, determines that transfer is appropriate, it shall immediately notify the
16department of health and social services and, if the department of health and social
17services consents, the department of corrections may immediately transfer the
18individual.
The department transferring the individual shall file a petition under
19s. 51.13 (4) (a) in the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 48 of the county
20where the treatment facility is located.
AB150, s. 3259 21Section 3259. 51.35 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1149,1422 51.35 (3) (e) The department of health and social services or department of
23corrections
may authorize emergency transfer of an individual from a juvenile
24correctional facility to a state treatment facility if there is cause to believe that the
25individual is mentally ill, drug dependent or developmentally disabled and exhibits

1conduct which constitutes a danger as defined in s. 51.20 (1) (a) 2. to the individual
2or to others, or is an alcoholic and is dangerous as provided in s. 51.45 (13) (a) 1. and
32. The correctional custodian of the sending institution shall execute a statement of
4emergency detention or petition for emergency commitment for the individual and
5deliver it to the receiving state treatment facility. The department of health and
6social services
shall file the statement or petition with the court within 24 hours after
7the subject individual is received for detention or commitment. The statement or
8petition shall conform to s. 51.15 (4) or (5) or 51.45 (12) (b). After an emergency
9transfer is made, the director of the receiving facility may file a petition for continued
10commitment under s. 51.20 (1) or 51.45 (13) or may return the individual to the
11institution from which the transfer was made. As an alternative to this procedure,
12the procedure provided in s. 51.15 or 51.45 (12) may be used, except that no prisoner
13may be released without the approval of the court which directed confinement in the
14correctional facility.
AB150, s. 3260 15Section 3260. 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1149,2116 51.42 (3) (aw) 1. d. Provide treatment and services that are specified in a
17conditional release plan approved by a court for a person who is a county resident and
18is conditionally released under s. 971.17 (3) or (4). If the county department provides
19treatment and services under this subdivision, the department of health and social
20services shall, from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (2) (bj), pay the county
21department for the costs of the treatment and services.
AB150, s. 3261 22Section 3261. 51.42 (3) (d) 12. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1150,1423 51.42 (3) (d) 12. f. The receiver shall, within 60 days after termination of the
24receivership, file a notice of any lien created under this subdivision. No action on a
25lien created under this subdivision may be brought more than 2 years after the date

1of filing. If the lien is on real property, the notice shall be filed with the clerk of circuit
2court for the county in which the county department of community programs or
3related program is located and entered on a lien docket kept under s. 779.07. If the
4lien is on personal property, the lien shall be filed with the secretary of state
5department of financial institutions. The secretary of state department of financial
6institutions
shall place the lien on personal property in the same file as financing
7statements are filed under ss. 409.401 and 409.402. The notice shall specify the
8name of the county department of community programs or related program against
9which the lien is claimed, the name of the receiver, the dates of the petition for
10receivership and the termination of receivership, a description of the property
11involved and the amount claimed. No lien may exist under this subdivision against
12any person, on any property or for any amount not specified in the notice filed under
13this subd. 12. f. To the extent applicable, ch. 846 controls the foreclosure of liens
14under this subdivision that attach to real property.
AB150, s. 3262 15Section 3262. 51.42 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1150,2516 51.42 (3) (e) Exchange of information. Notwithstanding ss. 49.45 (4), 49.53
17(1m)
49.83, 51.30, 51.45 (14) (a), 55.06 (17) (c), 146.82 and 252.11 (7), any subunit of
18a county department of community programs acting under this section may
19exchange confidential information about a client, without the informed consent of
20the client, with any other subunit of the same county department of community
21programs or with any person providing services to the client under a purchase of
22services contract with the county department of community programs, if necessary
23to enable an employe or service provider to perform his or her duties, or to enable the
24county department of community programs to coordinate the delivery of services to
25the client.
AB150, s. 3263
1Section 3263. 51.421 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1151,102 51.421 (1) Purpose. In order to provide the least restrictive and most
3appropriate care and treatment for persons with chronic mental illness, community
4support programs should be available in all parts of the state. In order to integrate
5community support programs with other long-term care programs, community
6support programs shall be coordinated, to the greatest extent possible, with the
7community options program under s. 46.27, with the protective services system in
8a county, with the medical assistance program under ss. 49.43 to 49.47 subch. IV of
9ch. 49
and with other care and treatment programs for persons with chronic mental
10illness.
AB150, s. 3264 11Section 3264. 51.423 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1152,212 51.423 (2) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (b) and (o), the
13department shall distribute the funding for services provided or purchased by county
14departments under s. 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 to such county departments as provided
15under s. 46.40. County matching funds are required for the distributions under s.
1646.40 (2), (3), (5), (9) and (12). Each county's required match for a year equals 9.89%
17of the total of the county's distributions for that year for which matching funds are
18required plus the amount the county was required by s. 46.26 (2) (c), 1985 stats., to
19spend for juvenile delinquency-related services from its distribution for 1987.
20Matching funds may be from county tax levies, federal and state revenue sharing
21funds or private donations to the counties that meet the requirements specified in
22sub. (5). Private donations may not exceed 25% of the total county match. If the
23county match is less than the amount required to generate the full amount of state
24and federal funds distributed for this period, the decrease in the amount of state and

1federal funds equals the difference between the required and the actual amount of
2county matching funds.
AB150, s. 3265 3Section 3265. 51.423 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1152,64 51.423 (5) (a) (intro.) A private donation to a county may be used to match the
5state grant-in-aid under s. 49.52 (1) (d) 46.495 (1) (d) or under sub. (2) only if the
6donation is both of the following:
AB150, s. 3266 7Section 3266. 51.437 (4rm) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1153,108 51.437 (4rm) (a) A county department of developmental disabilities services
9shall authorize all care of any patient in a state, local or private facility under a
10contractual agreement between the county department of developmental disabilities
11services and the facility, unless the county department of developmental disabilities
12services governs the facility. The need for inpatient care shall be determined by the
13program director or designee in consultation with and upon the recommendation of
14a licensed physician trained in psychiatry and employed by the county department
15of developmental disabilities services or its contract agency prior to the admission
16of a patient to the facility except in the case of emergency services. In cases of
17emergency, a facility under contract with any county department of developmental
18disabilities services shall charge the county department of developmental
19disabilities services having jurisdiction in the county where the individual receiving
20care is found. The county department of developmental disabilities services shall
21reimburse the facility for the actual cost of all authorized care and services less
22applicable collections under s. 46.036, unless the department of health and social
23services determines that a charge is administratively infeasible, or unless the
24department of health and social services, after individual review, determines that
25the charge is not attributable to the cost of basic care and services. The exclusionary

1provisions of s. 46.03 (18) do not apply to direct and indirect costs which are
2attributable to care and treatment of the client. County departments of
3developmental disabilities services may not reimburse any state institution or
4receive credit for collections for care received therein by nonresidents of this state,
5interstate compact clients, transfers under s. 51.35 (3) (a), commitments under s.
6975.01, 1977 stats., or s. 975.02, 1977 stats. or s. 971.14, 971.17 or 975.06, admissions
7under s. 975.17, 1977 stats., or children placed in the guardianship or legal custody
8under the supervision of the department of health and social services under s. 48.355,
948.427 or 48.43 or in the legal custody of the department of corrections under s. 48.34
10(4g)
.
AB150, s. 3267 11Section 3267. 51.44 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1153,1512 51.44 (3) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (bt) and (nL) the
13department shall allocate and distribute funds to counties to provide or contract for
14the provision of early intervention services to individuals eligible to receive the early
15intervention services.
AB150, s. 3268 16Section 3268. 51.45 (5) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1153,1817 51.45 (5) (title) Community alcohol and other drug abuse prevention pilot
18program.
AB150, s. 3269 19Section 3269. 51.45 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1154,420 51.45 (5) (b) (intro.) The department shall select, upon application by counties,
21county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 in up to 8 counties
22representing various geographical regions and populations and shall, from the
23appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (f), award a total of not more than $500,000
24$250,000 in grants in each fiscal year to the selected county departments to
25participate in a pilot program to implement and coordinate alcohol and other drug

1abuse programs and services relating to primary prevention. The county
2department in each county receiving funding under this paragraph shall appoint or
3contract with an alcohol and other drug abuse prevention specialist whose duties
4shall include all of the following:
AB150, s. 3270 5Section 3270. 51.45 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1154,86 51.45 (5) (c) County matching funds equal to 9.89% of the total amount received
7by a county department under par. (b) are required for receipt of the allocation under
8par. (b).
AB150, s. 3271 9Section 3271. 55.06 (8) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1155,210 55.06 (8) (intro.)  Before ordering the protective placement of any individual,
11the court shall direct a comprehensive evaluation of the person in need of placement,
12if such an evaluation has not already been made. The court may utilize available
13multidisciplinary resources in the community in determining the need for
14placement. The board designated under s. 55.02 or an agency designated by it shall
15cooperate with the court in securing available resources. Where applicable by reason
16of the particular disability, the appropriate board designated under s. 55.02 or an
17agency designated by it having responsibility for the place of legal residence of the
18individual as provided in s. 49.01 (8g) 49.001 (6) shall make a recommendation for
19placement. If the court is considering placement of the individual in a center for the
20developmentally disabled, the court shall request a statement from the department
21regarding whether the placement is appropriate for the person's needs and whether
22it is consistent with the purpose of the center under s. 51.06 (1) unless testimony was
23provided by the department under sub. (5). A copy of the comprehensive evaluation
24shall be provided to the guardian, the guardian ad litem, and to the individual or
25attorney at least 96 hours in advance of the hearing to determine placement. The

1court or the cooperating agency obtaining the evaluation shall request appropriate
2information which shall include at least the following:
AB150, s. 3272 3Section 3272. 59.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1155,114 59.01 (1) Status. Each county in this state is a body corporate, empowered to
5sue and be sued, to acquire and hold, lease or rent real and personal estate for public
6uses or purposes, including lands acquired under ch. 75, to sell, lease and convey the
7same, including the authority to enter into leases or contracts with the state for a
8period of years for the uses and purposes specified in s. ss. 23.09 (2) (d) and 27.01 (2)
9(a)
, to make such contracts and to do such other acts as are necessary and proper to
10the exercise of the powers and privileges granted and the performance of the legal
11duties charged upon it.
AB150, s. 3273 12Section 3273. 59.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1155,2213 59.07 (1) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take and hold land acquired under ch.
1475 and acquire, lease or rent property, real and personal, for public uses or purposes
15of any nature, including without limitation acquisitions for county buildings,
16airports, parks, recreation, highways, dam sites in parks, parkways and
17playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal for county institutions, lime pits
18for operation under s. 59.873, equipment for clearing and draining land and
19controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.874, ambulances, acquisition and
20transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate institutions or research
21facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for the uses and purposes
22specified in s. ss. 23.09 (2) (d) and 27.01 (2) (a).
AB150, s. 3274 23Section 3274. 59.07 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1156,3
159.07 (27) County boards' association. By a two-thirds majority vote of the
2members-elect
, purchase membership in an association of county boards for the
3protection of county interests and the furtherance of better county government.
AB150, s. 3275 4Section 3275. 59.07 (98) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1156,95 59.07 (98) Emergency energy relief. Regardless of the type of general relief
6system used within
whether a county operates a relief program under sub. (154),
7appropriate money for making payments to individuals or providing grants to
8community action agencies, cities, villages and towns to assist persons and families
9in the purchase of emergency energy supplies.
AB150, s. 3276 10Section 3276. 59.07 (109) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1156,1411 59.07 (109) Public assistance; false representation. Enact and enforce an
12ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as or similar to conduct that is
13prohibited by s. 49.12 49.95 (1) and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the
14ordinance.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 59.07 (109). This Section has been affected by drafts with the
following LRB numbers: -1701/3 and -2153/1.
AB150, s. 3277 15Section 3277. 59.07 (153) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1157,216 59.07 (153) (a) In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, determine
17policy for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under
18s. 49.16 (2) 49.71 (2) and, notwithstanding the powers and duties specified under s.
1946.21 (2) (k), (3r) and (6) with respect to the county hospital and the administrator
20and specified under s. 46.21 (2) (b), (L), (m), (n), (nm), (o), (p) and (q) and (3g), provide
21for the management of the county hospital as the board considers appropriate, except
22that the employe positions at the hospital will be county employe positions. If the
23board acts under this subsection, the board may not discontinue operation,

1maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under s. 49.16 49.71 (2) and
2shall exercise the duties under s. 46.21 (4m).
AB150, s. 3278 3Section 3278. 59.07 (153) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1157,54 59.07 (153) (b) This subsection does not apply if the board acts under s. 46.21
5with respect to the county hospital under s. 49.16 (2) 49.71 (2).
AB150, s. 3279 6Section 3279. 59.07 (154) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1157,147 59.07 (154) Operation of relief programs. Operate a program of relief to
8dependent persons residing in a county. The program may provide dependent
9persons with such services, commodities or money as the county determines to be
10reasonable and necessary under the circumstances. The program may include work
11components. The county may enact any ordinances necessary or useful to the
12operation of a relief program under this subsection. Counties may use vehicle
13registration information from the department of transportation in determining
14eligibility for relief programs under this subsection.
AB150, s. 3280 15Section 3280. 59.145 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1157,16 1659.145 (title) Optical disk and electronic storage.
AB150, s. 3281 17Section 3281. 59.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1157,2418 59.145 (1) Upon request of any office, department, commission, board or agency
19of the county, the board may authorize any county record that is in the custody of the
20office, department, commission, board or agency to be transferred to, or maintained
21in,
optical disk or electronic storage in accordance with rules of the department of
22administration under s. 16.612. The board may thereafter authorize destruction of
23the original record, if appropriate, in accordance with ss. 16.61 (3) (e), 19.21 (5) and
2459.715 to 59.717 unless preservation is required by law.
AB150, s. 3282 25Section 3282. 59.145 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1158,3
159.145 (2) (intro.)  Any copy of a county record generated from optical imaging
2or electronic formatting of an original record is deemed an original record if all of the
3following conditions are met:
AB150, s. 3283 4Section 3283. 59.145 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1158,75 59.145 (2) (a) The devices used to transform the record to optical disk or
6electronic
format and to generate a copy of the record from optical disk or electronic
7format are ones which accurately reproduce the content of the original.
AB150, s. 3284 8Section 3284. 59.145 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1158,129 59.145 (2) (b) The optical disk or electronic copy and the copy generated from
10optical disk or electronic format comply with the minimum standards of quality for
11such copies, as established by the rule of the department of administration under s.
1216.612.
AB150, s. 3285 13Section 3285. 59.145 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1158,1914 59.145 (2) (d) The legal custodian of the record executes a statement of intent
15and purpose describing the record to be transferred to optical disk or electronic
16format and the disposition of the original record, and executes a certificate verifying
17that the record was received or created and transferred to optical disk or electronic
18format in the normal course of business and that the statement of intent and purpose
19is properly recorded in his or her office.
AB150, s. 3286 20Section 3286. 59.145 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1159,621 59.145 (4) A copy of a record generated from an original record stored on an
22optical disk or in electronic format which conforms with the standards prescribed
23under sub. (2) shall be taken as and stand in lieu of and have all of the effect of the
24original record and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and all other
25tribunals or agencies, administrative or otherwise, in all cases where the original

1document is admissible. A transcript, exemplification or certified copy of such a
2record so generated, for the purposes specified in this subsection, is deemed to be a
3transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original. An enlarged copy of any
4record so generated, made in accordance with the standards prescribed under sub.
5(2) and certified by the custodian as provided in s. 889.18 (2), has the same effect as
6an actual-size copy.
AB150, s. 3287 7Section 3287. 59.15 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1159,178 59.15 (2) (c) The board may provide, fix or change the salary or compensation
9of any such office, board, commission, committee, position, employe or deputies to
10elective officers without regard to the tenure of the incumbent (except as provided
11in par. (d)) and also establish the number of employes in any department or office
12including deputies to elective officers, and may establish regulations of employment
13for any person paid from the county treasury, but no action of the board shall be
14contrary to or in derogation of the rules and regulations of the department of health
15and social services pursuant to s. 49.50 (2) to (5) 49.33 (4) to (7) relating to employes
16administering old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind and aid
17to totally and permanently disabled persons or ss. 63.01 to 63.17.
AB150, s. 3288 18Section 3288. 59.23 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1159,2319 59.23 (8) The sheriff is authorized to destroy all sheriff's dockets, daily jail
20records and cash books dated prior to 1901. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to
21hereafter retain and safely keep all such records for a period of 8 years, or a shorter
22period authorized by the public records and forms board under s. 16.61 (3) (b), after
23which the records may be destroyed.
AB150, s. 3289 24Section 3289. 59.23 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1160,3
159.23 (10) To enforce in the county all general orders of the department of
2industry, labor and human relations development relating to the sale, transportation
3and storage of explosives.
AB150, s. 3290 4Section 3290. 59.39 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1160,95 59.39 (1) File and keep all papers properly deposited with him or her in every
6action or proceeding unless required to transmit such papers. Such papers may be
7microfilmed or microphotographed, or transferred to optical disks or electronic
8format
if authorized under s. 59.145, and the originals may thereafter be destroyed
9upon compliance with SCR chapter 72.
AB150, s. 3291 10Section 3291. 59.39 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1160,2011 59.39 (2) Keep a court record and write therein names of parties in every civil
12action or proceeding in the court, the names of attorneys representing the parties,
13a brief statement of the nature of the action or proceeding, the date of filing every
14paper therein and of each proceeding taken, the file wherein the papers can be found,
15the time when put on the calendar for trial, and when and how disposed of; the
16location where minutes in every case can be found and the place in the judgment
17record or microfilm or optical disk or electronic file where any judgment, order or
18report has been recorded, so as to make the court record a history in brief of each
19action or proceeding from beginning to final disposition; and a complete index of all
20proceedings therein.
AB150, s. 3292 21Section 3292. 59.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1161,1322 59.51 (1) Record or cause to be recorded in suitable books to be kept in his or
23her office, correctly and legibly all deeds, mortgages, maps, instruments and writings
24authorized by law to be recorded in his or her office and left with him or her for that
25purpose, provided such documents have plainly printed or typewritten thereon the

1names of the grantors, grantees, witnesses and notary. Any county, by board
2resolution duly adopted, may combine the separate books or volumes for deeds,
3mortgages, miscellaneous instruments, attachments, lis pendens, sales and notices,
4certificates of organization of corporations, plats or other recorded or filed
5instruments or classes of documents as long as separate indexes are maintained.
6Notwithstanding any other provisions of the statutes, any county adopting a system
7of microfilming or like process or a system of recording documents by optical imaging
8or electronic formatting pursuant to ch. 228 may substitute the headings, reel, or
9disk or electronic file name and microfilm image (frame) for volume and page where
10recorded and different classes of instruments may be recorded, reproduced or copied
11on or transferred to the same reel, or disk or electronic file or part of a reel or disk.
12All recordings made prior to June 28, 1961, which would have been valid under this
13paragraph, had this paragraph then been in effect, are hereby validated.
AB150, s. 3293 14Section 3293. 59.51 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1162,715 59.51 (11) File all documents pertaining to security interests in personal
16property, crops or fixtures that are required or authorized by law to be filed with the
17register. Except as otherwise prescribed by the secretary of state department of
18financial institutions
pursuant to ss. 409.403 to 409.406, these documents shall be
19executed on white or light colored sheets of paper, 8 or 8-1/2 inches wide and 5, 7,
2010-1/2 or 14 inches long. Whenever there is offered for filing any document that
21varies more than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size, or that is not on a
22standard form prescribed by the secretary of state department of financial
23institutions
, then in addition to the regular filing fee an additional filing fee shall be
24charged by the register of deeds, as prescribed by s. 59.57. No assignment, release
25or other instrument shall be offered for filing that is executed or endorsed on any

1other document, but each shall be a separate and distinct document, except those
2assignments or notices that are printed or written on and immediately following the
3original agreement or financing statement, offered for filing at the same time, shall
4be considered as one document. All these documents shall be legibly written, and
5shall have the names of the debtor and secured party plainly printed or typed on the
6document and shall provide a space for filing data of the register of deeds on the
7outside of the document.
AB150, s. 3294 8Section 3294. 59.512 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1162,10 959.512 (title) Register of deeds; microfilming and optical imaging disk
10and electronic storage
.
AB150, s. 3295 11Section 3295. 59.512 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1163,412 59.512 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), upon the request of the register of
13deeds, any county, by board resolution, may authorize the register of deeds to
14photograph, microfilm or record on optical disks or in electronic format records of
15deeds, mortgages or other instruments relating to real property or may authorize the
16register of deeds to record on optical disks or in electronic format instruments
17relating to security interests in accordance with the requirements of s. 16.61 (7) or
1859.145 and to store the original records within the county at a place designated by
19the board. The storage place for the original records shall be reasonably safe and
20shall provide for the preservation of the records authorized to be stored under this
21subsection. The register of deeds shall keep a photograph, microfilm or optical disk
22or electronic copy of such records in conveniently accessible files in his or her office
23and shall provide for examination of such reproduction or examination of a copy
24generated from an optical disk or electronic file in enlarged, easily readable form
25upon request. Compliance with this subsection satisfies the requirement of s. 59.51

1(1) that the register of deeds shall keep such records in his or her office. The register
2of deeds may make certified copies reproduced from an authorized photograph, from
3a copy generated from an optical disk or electronic storage or from the original
4records.
AB150, s. 3296 5Section 3296. 59.512 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1163,186 59.512 (2) The register of deeds may microfilm or record on optical disks or in
7electronic format
notices of lis pendens that are at least one year old, in accordance
8with the requirements of s. 16.61 (7) or 59.145 (2) to (4). The register of deeds shall
9keep a microfilm or optical disk or electronic copy of notices of lis pendens in
10conveniently accessible files in his or her office and shall provide for examination of
11such reproduction or examination of a copy generated from an optical disk or
12electronic storage
in enlarged, easily readable form upon request. Compliance with
13this subsection satisfies the requirement of s. 59.51 (1) that the register of deeds shall
14keep such records in his or her office. The register of deeds may make certified copies
15reproduced from a copy generated from microfilm or from an optical disk or electronic
16storage
. The register of deeds may destroy or move to off-site storage any notice of
17lis pendens that has been microfilmed or recorded on optical disk or in electronic
18format
under this subsection.
AB150, s. 3297 19Section 3297. 59.57 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1164,320 59.57 (6) For performing functions under s. 409.407 (1) and (2) (a) and (b), the
21register shall charge the fees stated in that section s. 409.407 (2) (a) or (b). A
22financing statement and an assignment or notice of assignment of the security
23interest, offered for filing at the same time, shall be considered as only one document
24for the purpose of this subsection. Whenever there is offered for filing any document
25that is not on a standard form prescribed by the secretary of state or that varies more

1than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size as prescribed by s. 59.51, the
2appropriate fee specified in ss. 409.403 to 409.406 or an additional filing fee of
3one-half the regular fee, whichever is applicable, shall be charged by the register.
AB150, s. 3298 4Section 3298. 59.57 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
5(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
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