SB394,13 21Section 13. 59.72 (3m) (a) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,11,2322 59.72 (3m) (a) 4m. The county surveyor or a registered professional land
23surveyor employed within the county.
SB394,14 24Section 14. 59.73 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,12,8
159.73 (2) Subdividing sections. Whenever a county surveyor or professional
2land surveyor
is required to subdivide a section or smaller subdivision of land
3established by the United States survey, the county surveyor or professional land
4surveyor
shall proceed according to the statutes of the United States and the rules
5and regulations made by the secretary of the interior in conformity to the federal
6statutes. While so engaged a professional land surveyor and the professional land
7surveyor's assistants shall not be liable as a trespasser and shall be liable only for
8any actual damage done to land or property.
SB394,15 9Section 15. 59.74 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,13,210 59.74 (2) (b) 1. Whenever it becomes necessary to destroy, remove, or cover up
11in such a way that will make it inaccessible for use, any landmark, monument of
12survey, or corner post within the meaning of this subsection, the person including
13employees of governmental agencies who intend to commit such act shall serve
14written notice at least 30 days prior to the act upon the county surveyor of the county
15within which the landmark is located. Notice shall also be served upon the
16municipality's engineer if the landmark is located within the corporate limits of a
17municipality. The notice shall include a description of the landmark, monument of
18survey, or corner post and the reason for removing or covering it. In this paragraph,
19removal of a landmark includes the removal of railroad track by the owner of the
20track. In a county having a population of less than 500,000 where there is no county
21surveyor, notice shall be served upon the clerk. In a county with a population of
22500,000 or more where there is no county surveyor, notice shall be served upon the
23executive director of the regional planning commission which acts in the capacity of
24county surveyor for the county. Notwithstanding par. (c), upon receipt of the notice

1the clerk shall appoint a registered professional land surveyor to perform the duties
2of a county surveyor under subd. 2.
SB394,16 3Section 16. 59.74 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,13,104 59.74 (2) (c) In those counties where there are no county surveyors a petition
5can be made to the board by any resident of this state requesting the board to appoint
6a professional land surveyor to act in the capacity of the county surveyor. The board,
7upon receipt of this petition, shall appoint a professional land surveyor to act in the
8capacity of the county surveyor. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more,
9the board may appoint a governmental agency to act in the capacity of county
10surveyor.
SB394,17 11Section 17. 59.74 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,13,1412 59.74 (2) (g) Every professional land surveyor and every officer of the
13department of natural resources and the district attorney shall enforce this
14subsection.
SB394,18 15Section 18. 59.74 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,14,516 59.74 (2) (h) Any registered professional land surveyor employed by the
17department of transportation or by a county highway department, may, incident to
18employment as such, assume and perform the duties and act in the capacity of the
19county surveyor under this subsection with respect to preservation and perpetuation
20of landmarks, witness monuments, and corner posts upon and along state trunk,
21county trunk, and town highways. Upon completing a survey and perpetuating
22landmarks and witness monuments under par. (b) 2., a professional land surveyor
23employed by the state shall file the field notes and records in the district office or
24main office of the department of transportation, and a professional land surveyor
25employed by a county shall file the field notes and records in the office of the county

1highway commissioner, open to inspection by the public, and in either case a true and
2correct copy of the field notes and records shall be filed with the county surveyor. In
3a county with a population of 500,000 or more where there is no county surveyor, a
4copy of the field notes and records shall also be filed in the office of the regional
5planning commission which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county.
SB394,19 6Section 19. 59.74 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,14,97 59.74 (2) (j) The county surveyor may employ other professional land surveyors
8to assist in this work and may accept reference checks for these corners from any
9professional land surveyor.
SB394,20 10Section 20. 59.75 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,14,18 1159.75 Certificates and records as evidence. The certificate and also the
12official record of the county surveyor when produced by the legal custodian thereof,
13or any of the county surveyor's deputies, when duly signed by the county surveyor
14in his or her official capacity, shall be admitted as evidence in any court within the
15state, but the same may be explained or rebutted by other evidence. If any county
16surveyor or any of his or her deputies are interested in any tract of land a survey of
17which becomes necessary, such survey may be executed by any professional land
18surveyor appointed by the board.
SB394,21 19Section 21. 60.84 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 60.84 (1r) and amended to
20read:
SB394,14,2421 60.84 (1r) Survey, contract for. The town board may contract with the county
22surveyor or any registered professional land surveyor to survey all or some of the
23sections in the town and to erect monuments under this section as directed by the
24board.
SB394,22 25Section 22. 60.84 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,15,2
160.84 (1g) Definition. In this section, "professional land surveyor" means a
2professional land surveyor licensed under ch. 443.
SB394,23 3Section 23. 60.84 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,15,64 60.84 (2) Bond. Before the town board executes a contract under sub. (1) (1r),
5the county surveyor or professional land surveyor shall execute and file with the
6town board a surety bond or other financial security approved by the town board.
SB394,24 7Section 24. 60.84 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,15,168 60.84 (3) (a) Monuments shall be set on section and quarter-section corners
9established by the United States survey. If there is a clerical error or omission in the
10government field notes or if the bearing trees, mounds, or other location identifier
11specified in the notes is destroyed or lost, and if there is no other reliable evidence
12by which a section or quarter-section corner can be identified, the county surveyor
13or professional land
surveyor shall reestablish the corner under the rules adopted by
14the federal government in the survey of public lands. The county surveyor or
15professional land
surveyor shall set forth his or her actions under this paragraph in
16the certificate U.S. public land survey monument record under sub. (4).
SB394,25 17Section 25. 60.84 (3) (c) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB394,15,2018 60.84 (3) (c) (intro.) To establish, relocate, or perpetuate a corner, the county
19surveyor or professional land
surveyor shall set in the proper place a monument, as
20determined by the town board, consisting of any of the following:
SB394,15,2321 1. A stone or other equally durable material, not less than 3 feet long and 6
22inches square, with perpendicular, dressed sides and a square, flat top. As
23prescribed by the town board, the top shall be engraved with either of the following:
SB394,15,2424 a. A cross formed by lines connecting the corners of the top; or.
SB394,16,2
1b. If the monument is set at a section corner, the number of the section or, if set
2at a quarter-section corner, "1/4S"; or.
SB394,26 3Section 26. 60.84 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,16,54 60.84 (3) (c) 3. An equivalent monument agreed upon by all parties of the
5contract.
SB394,27 6Section 27. 60.84 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,16,167 60.84 (4) Certificate U.S. public land survey monument record. The county
8surveyor or professional land
surveyor shall prepare a certificate U.S. public land
9survey monument record
setting forth a complete and accurate record of any survey
10monument erected on section and quarter section corners under this section,
11including the exact bearings and distances of each monument from each other
12monument nearest it on any line in the town. The certificate U.S. public land survey
13monument record and a map of any additional monuments set
shall be recorded in
14the office of the register of deeds or filed in the office of the county surveyor of the
15county in which the surveyed land is located and of the adjoining county if a
16monument is located on the county line
.
SB394,28 17Section 28. 66.0309 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,17,818 66.0309 (11) Matters referred to regional planning commission. The officer
19or public body of a local governmental unit within the region having final authority
20may refer to the regional planning commission, for its consideration and report, the
21location or acquisition of land for any of the items or facilities which that are included
22in the adopted regional master plan. Within 20 days after the matter is referred to
23the regional planning commission or a longer period as may be stipulated by the
24referring officer or public body, the commission shall report its recommendations to
25the referring officer or public body. The report and recommendations of the

1commission shall be advisory only. A state agency may authorize the regional
2planning commission with the consent of the commission to act for the agency in
3approving, examining, or reviewing plats, under s. 236.12 (2) (a) (ap). A regional
4planning commission authorized by a local unit on November 1, 1980 , to act for the
5local unit in approving plats may continue to so act until the commission withdraws
6its consent or the local unit its approval. A local unit may authorize a regional
7planning commission, with the consent of the commission, to conduct an advisory
8review of plats.
SB394,29 9Section 29. 70.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,17,1410 70.27 (2) Certification, approval, recording. Such plat, when completed and
11certified as provided by this section, and when approved by the governing body, shall
12be acknowledged by the clerk thereof and recorded in the office of the register of
13deeds. No plat may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds unless it is
14produced on media that is acceptable to the register of deeds.
SB394,30 15Section 30. 70.27 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,18,1716 70.27 (5) Surveys, reconciliations. The surveyor making the plat shall be a
17professional land surveyor licensed under ch. 443 and shall
survey and lay out the
18boundaries of each parcel, street, alley, lane, roadway, or dedication to public or
19private use, according to the records of the register of deeds, and whatever evidence
20that may be available to show the intent of the buyer and seller, in the chronological
21order of their conveyance or dedication, and set temporary monuments to show the
22results of such survey which shall be made permanent upon recording of the plat as
23provided for in this section. The map shall be at a scale of not more than 100 feet per
24inch, unless waived in writing by the department of administration under s. 236.20
25(2) (L). The owners of record of lands in the plat shall be notified by certified letter

1mailed to their last-known address, in order that they shall have opportunity to
2examine the map, view the temporary monuments, and make known any
3disagreement with the boundaries as shown by the temporary monuments. It is the
4duty of the professional land surveyor making the plat to reconcile any discrepancies
5that may be revealed, so that the plat as certified to the governing body is in
6conformity with the records of the register of deeds as nearly as is practicable. When
7boundary lines between adjacent parcels, as evidenced on the ground, are mutually
8agreed to in writing by the owners of record, such lines shall be the true boundaries
9for all purposes thereafter, even though they may vary from the metes and bounds
10descriptions previously of record. Such written agreements shall be recorded in the
11office of the register of deeds. On every assessor's plat, as certified to the governing
12body, shall appear the volume, page, and document number of the metes and bounds
13description of each parcel, as recorded in the office of the register of deeds, which
14shall be identified with the number by which such parcel is designated on the plat,
15except that lots which have been conveyed or otherwise acquired but upon which no
16deed is recorded in the office of register of deeds may be shown on an assessor's plat
17and when so shown shall contain a full metes and bounds description.
SB394,31 18Section 31. 70.27 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,18,2519 70.27 (6) Monuments, plat requirements. The provisions of s. 236.15 as to
20monuments, and the provisions of s. 236.20 as to form and procedure, insofar as they
21are applicable to the purposes of assessors' plats, shall apply. Any stake or
22monument found and accepted as correct by a professional land surveyor laying out
23an assessor's plat shall be indicated as "stake found" or "monument found" when
24mapping the plat and such stake or monument shall not be removed or replaced even
25though it is inconsistent with the standards of s. 236.15.
SB394,32
1Section 32. 70.27 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,19,52 70.27 (7) Certificate. (intro.) When completed, the assessor's plat shall be
3filed with the clerk of the governing body that ordered the plat. On its title page shall
4appear the sworn certificate of the professional land surveyor who made the plat,
5which shall state and contain:
SB394,33 6Section 33. 70.27 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,19,87 70.27 (7) (d) A statement that the professional land surveyor has fully complied
8with the provisions of this section in filing the same.
SB394,34 9Section 34. 84.095 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,19,1510 84.095 (5) Surveyor's Professional land surveyor's certificate. A plat
11prepared for filing or recording under this section shall include a certificate of a
12professional land surveyor registered licensed under s. 443.06 that the plat is a
13correct representation of the project described and that the identification and
14location of each parcel can be determined from the plat. This subsection does not
15apply to plats prepared by the department.
SB394,35 16Section 35. 157.061 (13m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,19,1817 157.061 (13m) "Professional land surveyor" means a professional land
18surveyor licensed under ch. 443.
SB394,36 19Section 36. 157.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,20,220 157.07 (1) A cemetery authority shall cause to be surveyed and platted by a
21professional land surveyor registered in this state those portions of the lands that are
22from time to time required for burial, into cemetery lots, drives, and walks, and
23record a plat or map of the land in the office of the register of deeds. The plat or map
24may not be recorded unless laid out and platted to the satisfaction of the county board

1of the county, and the town board of the town in which the land is situated, or, if the
2land is situated within a 1st class city, then only by the common council of that city.
SB394,37 3Section 37. 157.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,20,164 157.07 (2) The plat or map location of the lands shall show the exact location
5of the tract being subdivided with reference to a corner or corners established in the
6United States public land survey by bearings and distances
be indicated on the plat
7or map by bearing and distance from a boundary line of a government lot, quarter
8section, recorded private claim, or federal reservation in which the subdivision is
9located. The monumentation at the ends of the boundary line shall be described and
10the bearing and distance between them shown
, and the plat or map shall show a
11small scale drawing of the section or government subdivision of the section in which
12the cemetery plat is situated, with the cemetery plat indicated. The plat or map shall
13include the certificate of the professional land surveyor containing the name of the
14cemetery authority, the date of the survey, the professional land surveyor's stamp or
15seal and signature, and the professional land surveyor's statement that the survey
16is true and correct to the professional land surveyor's best knowledge and belief.
SB394,38 17Section 38. 157.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,21,318 157.07 (3) The plat or map shall be made on a durable white media that is 22
19inches wide by 30 inches long, or on any other media that is acceptable to the register
20of deeds,
with a permanent nonfading black image. Seals or signatures that are
21reproduced on images that comply with this subsection have the force and effect of
22original seals and signatures. When more than one sheet is used for any one plat or
23map, they shall be numbered consecutively and each sheet shall contain a notation
24showing the whole number of sheets in the plat, and its relation to the other sheets.
25The sheets may be provided by the county through the register of deeds on terms

1determined by the county board. The professional land surveyor shall leave a
2binding margin of 1.5 inches on the left side of the 30-inch length and a one-inch
3margin
one inch on all other sides.
SB394,39 4Section 39. 236.02 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,21,85 236.02 (2m) "Correction instrument" means an instrument drafted by a
6licensed professional land surveyor that complies with the requirements of s.
7236.295 and that, upon recording, corrects a subdivision plat or a certified survey
8map.
SB394,40 9Section 40. 236.02 (9b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,21,1110 236.02 (9b) "Professional land surveyor" means a professional land surveyor
11licensed under ch. 443.
SB394,41 12Section 41. 236.025 of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,21,14 13236.025 Ordinary high water marks. (1) For purposes of ss. 236.15 (1) (ag)
14and (d) and 236.20 (2) (g), a professional land surveyor may do any of the following:
SB394,21,1715 (a) Incorporate into a map, plat, or survey an ordinary high water mark that
16has been determined by the department of natural resources or otherwise
17determined pursuant to law.
SB394,21,1918 (b) Approximate the ordinary high water mark and incorporate that mark into
19a map, plat, or survey.
SB394,21,25 20(2) For purposes of sub. (1) (b), the location of the approximate ordinary high
21water mark shall be the point on the bank of a navigable perennial stream or on the
22shore of a lake up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous
23as to leave a distinctive mark by erosion, destruction, prevention of terrestrial
24vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized
25characteristic.
SB394,22,3
1(3) For purposes of this section, a map, plat, or survey that shows an
2approximate ordinary high water mark shall state on its face that the mark is shown
3for reference only.
SB394,42 4Section 42. 236.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,22,85 236.03 (2) This chapter does not apply to cemetery plats made under s. 157.07
6and assessors' plats made under s. 70.27, but such assessors' plats shall, except in
7counties having a population of 500,000 or more, comply with ss. 236.15 (1) (a) (ac)
8to (g) and 236.20 (1) and (2) (a) to (e), unless waived under s. 236.20 (2) (L).
SB394,43 9Section 43. 236.11 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 236.11 (2) (a) and
10amended to read:
SB394,23,211 236.11 (2) (a) The subdivider or subdivider's agent shall submit to the body or
12bodies having authority to approve plats an electronic copy of the final plat or a copy
13of the final plat that is capable of legible reproduction. The approving authority or
14authorities
shall approve or reject the final plat within 60 days of its submission,
15unless the time is extended by agreement with the subdivider or subdivider's agent.
16When the approving authority is a municipality and determines to approve the plat,
17it shall give at least 10 days' prior written notice of its intention to the clerk of any
18municipality whose boundaries are within 1,000 feet of any portion of such proposed
19plat but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate any such plat. If a plat is
20rejected, the reasons therefor shall be stated in the minutes of the meeting and a copy
21thereof or a written statement of the reasons shall be supplied to the subdivider or
22subdivider's agent
. If the approving authority fails to act within 60 days and the time
23has not been extended by agreement and if no unsatisfied objections have been filed
24within that period, the plat shall be deemed approved, and, upon demand, a

1certificate to that effect shall be made on the face of the plat by the clerk of the
2authority which that has failed to act.
SB394,44 3Section 44. 236.11 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,23,114 236.11 (2) (b) The approval of the approving authority or authorities may be
5based on the copy submitted under par. (a) but the approval must be inscribed on the
6recordable plat document. Before inscribing its approval, the approving authority
7shall require the subdivider or subdivider's agent to certify the respects in which the
8recordable plat document differs from the copy, if any. An approving authority must
9approve all modifications in the final plat before it gives final approval to the plat.
10No approving authority may inscribe its final approval on a plat before the affixing
11of the certificate by the department under s. 236.12 (3).
SB394,45 12Section 45. 236.12 (2) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated,
13renumbered 236.12 (2) (ap) and amended to read:
SB394,24,914 236.12 (2) (ap) Within 2 days after a preliminary or final plat is submitted for
15approval, legible copies, together with a list of the authorities to which the plat must
16be submitted for approval under s. 236.10 or objection under this subsection,
17furnished by the subdivider at the subdivider's expense, shall be sent, by the clerk
18or secretary of the approving authority to which the plat is submitted, to the
19following agencies which have authority
under par. (ac), the department shall
20transmit an electronic copy of the plat, or, if the department prefers, 2 legible hard
21copies of the plat, to each state agency authorized
to object to the plat: (a) Two copies
22for each of the state agencies required to review the plat to the department which
23shall examine the plat for compliance with ss. 236.15, 236.16, 236.20 and 236.21 (1)
24and (2)
under this paragraph. If the subdivision abuts or adjoins a state trunk
25highway or connecting highway, the department shall transmit 2 a copy or copies of

1the plat
to the department of transportation so that the agency may determine
2whether it has any objection to the plat on the basis of its rules as provided in s.
3236.13. If the subdivision is not served by a public sewer and provision for that
4service has not been made, the department shall transmit 2 a copy or copies of the
5plat
to the department of safety and professional services so that that the agency may
6determine whether it has any objection to the plat on the basis of its rules as provided
7in s. 236.13. In lieu of this procedure the agencies may designate local officials to act
8as their agents in examining the plats for compliance with the statutes or their rules
9by filing a written delegation of authority with the approving body.
SB394,46 10Section 46. 236.12 (2) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
SB394,24,1411 236.12 (2) (ac) The subdivider or subdivider's agent shall submit an electronic
12copy of the preliminary or final plat, or a copy of the preliminary or final plat that
13is capable of clearly legible reproduction, to the department, which shall examine the
14plat for compliance with ss. 236.15, 236.16, 236.20, and 236.21 (1) and (2).
SB394,47 15Section 47. 236.12 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,25,316 236.12 (2) (b) Four copies Within 2 days after a preliminary or final plat is
17submitted under par. (ac), the department shall transmit an electronic copy of the
18plat, or, if the department prefers, 4 legible hard copies of the plat,
to the county
19planning agency, if the agency employs on a full-time basis a professional engineer,
20a planner, or other person charged with the duty of administering planning
21legislation and adopts a policy requiring submission so that the body may determine
22if it has any objection to the plat on the basis of a conflict with park, parkway,
23expressway, major highways, airports, drainage channels, schools, or other planned
24public developments. If no county planning agency exists, then 2 copies to the county
25park commission except that in a county with a county executive or county

1administrator, 2 copies to the county park manager, if the subdivision abuts a county
2park or parkway so that the body may determine if it has any objection to the plat
3on the basis of a conflict with the park or parkway development.
SB394,48 4Section 48. 236.12 (3) and (6) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
5236.12 (3) and amended to read:
SB394,26,76 236.12 (3) Within 20 days of after the date of receiving the copies of the plat
7any agency having authority to object under sub. (2) shall notify the subdivider or
8subdivider's agent
and all approving or objecting authorities other agencies having
9the authority to object
of any objection based upon failure of the plat to comply with
10the statutes or rules which that its examination under sub. (2) is authorized to cover,
11or, if there is no objection, it shall so certify on the face of a copy of the plat and return
12that copy to the approving authority from which it was received. The plat shall not
13be approved or deemed approved until any objections have been satisfied. If the
14objecting agency fails to act within the 20-day limit it shall be deemed to have no
15objection to the plat. No approving authority may inscribe its approval on a plat prior
16to the affixing of the certificates under either sub. (4) or (6).
(6) In lieu of the
17procedure under subs. (2) to (5), the subdivider or the subdivider's agent may submit
18the original plat to the department which shall forward 2 copies to each of the
19agencies authorized by sub. (2) to
9 department shall have the required number of
20copies made at the subdivider's expense. Within 20 days of the date of receiving the
21copies of the plat any agency having authority to object under sub. (2) shall notify the
22subdivider, and all agencies having the authority to object, of any objection based
23upon failure of the plat to comply with the statutes or rules which its examination
24under sub. (2) is authorized to cover, or, if there is no objection, it shall so certify on
25the face of a copy of the plat and return that copy to the
department. After each

1agency and the department have certified that they have no objection or that their
2objections have been satisfied, the department shall so certify on the face of the plat.
3If an agency fails to act within 20 days from the date of the receipt of on which it
4received the copy or
copies of the plat, and the department fails to act within 30 days
5of receipt of the original from the date on which it received the copy of the plat, it shall
6be deemed that there are no objections to the plat and, upon demand, it the
7department
shall be so certified certify on the face of the plat by the department.
SB394,49 8Section 49. 236.12 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB394,50 9Section 50. 236.12 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB394,51 10Section 51. 236.12 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 236.12 (4m) and amended
11to read:
SB394,26,2112 236.12 (4m) In order to facilitate approval of the final plat where whenever
13more than one approval is required, the subdivider may or subdivider's agent shall
14file a true copy of the plat with the each approving authority or authorities with
15which the original of the final plat has not been filed. The approval of such
16authorities may be based on such copy but shall be inscribed on the original of the
17final plat. Before inscribing its approval, the approving authority shall require the
18surveyor or the owner to certify the respects in which the original of the final plat
19differs from the copy. All modifications in the final plat shall be approved before final
20approval is given
a true copy of the plat that the subdivider or subdivider's agent
21submitted to the department
.
SB394,52 22Section 52. 236.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,27,1123 236.13 (2) (a) As a further condition of approval, the governing body of the town
24or municipality within which the subdivision lies may require that the subdivider
25make and install any public improvements reasonably necessary or that the

1subdivider execute a surety bond or provide other security to ensure that he or she
2will make those improvements within a reasonable time. The subdivider may
3construct the project in such phases as the governing body approves, which approval
4may not be unreasonably withheld. If the subdivider's project will be constructed in
5phases, the amount of any surety bond or other security required by the governing
6body shall be limited to the phase of the project that is currently being constructed.
7The governing body may not require that the subdivider provide any security for
8improvements sooner than is reasonably necessary before the commencement of the
9installation of the improvements. This paragraph applies to all preliminary and
10final plats, regardless of whether submitted for approval before, on, or after the
11effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].
SB394,53 12Section 53. 236.13 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB394,28,213 236.13 (2m) As a further condition of approval when lands included in the plat
14lie within 500 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of any lake, any navigable
15perennial stream, lake or any other body of navigable water or if land in the proposed
16plat involves lake or navigable perennial stream shorelands referred to in s. 236.16,
17the department of natural resources, to prevent pollution of navigable waters, or the
18department of safety and professional services, to protect the public health and
19safety, may require assurance of adequate drainage areas for private on-site
20wastewater treatment systems and building setback restrictions, or provisions by
21the owner for public sewage disposal facilities for waters of the state, as defined in
22s. 281.01 (18), industrial wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (5), and other wastes, as
23defined in s. 281.01 (7). The public sewage disposal facilities may consist of one or
24more systems as the department of natural resources or the department of safety and

1professional services determines on the basis of need for prevention of pollution of
2the waters of the state or protection of public health and safety.
SB394,54 3Section 54. 236.15 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 236.15 (1) (ac) and
4amended to read:
SB394,28,95 236.15 (1) (ac) All of the monuments required in pars. (a) (ag) to (h) shall be
6placed flush with the ground where if practicable. Whenever placement of a
7monument under this subsection is required at a corner or point that falls within a
8street or proposed future street, the monument shall be placed in the side line of the
9street if practicable.
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