Note: Inserts "a" for improved readability.
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859.30 Not to act as attorney. No sheriff, undersheriff, deputy, coroner or
9medical examiner shall appear or practice as
an attorney in any court, draw or fill
10up any writ, pleading or proceeding for a party in any action, nor, with the intent to
11be employed in the collection of any demand or the service of any process, advise or
12counsel any person to commence an action or proceeding; and for violation of this
13section every such officer shall forfeit not more than $50.
Note: Inserts "an" for improved readability.
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59.34
(1) (a) Participate in inquest proceedings when required by law, except
17that in any county with a population of 500,000 or more and all counties which have
18instituted the medical examiner system this duty and the powers incident thereto
19shall be vested exclusively in the office of the medical examiner. Except as provided
20under s. 59.38 (5), the board shall appoint the medical examiner. The office may be
21occupied on a full-time or part-time basis and
the officeholder shall be paid
22compensation as the board by ordinance provides. The duties performed by the
23county coroner and not vested in the medical examiner shall be performed by the
1clerk. The medical examiner may appoint such assistants as the board authorizes.
2Whenever requested by the court or district attorney, the medical examiner shall
3testify to facts and conclusions disclosed by autopsies performed by him or her, at his
4or her direction or in his or her presence; shall make physical examinations and tests
5incident to any matter of a criminal nature up for consideration before either the
6court or district attorney upon request; shall testify as an expert for either the court
7or the state in all matters where the examinations or tests have been made; and shall
8perform such other duties of a pathological or medicolegal nature as may be required.
Note: Inserts "officeholder" for improved readability.
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59.35
(2) The coroner shall be responsible for every default or misconduct in
12office of a deputy coroner during the
coroner's term of office, and after the death,
13resignation or removal from office of the coroner as well as before; and an action for
14any such default or misconduct may be prosecuted against the coroner and the
15sureties on the coroner's official bond or against the executors and administrators of
16the coroner.
Note: The word "coroner's" was deleted by
1995 Wis. Act 201 without being
stricken. No change was intended.
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59.38
(1) Medical examiner, assistants; salaries; fees; report. The medical
20examiner and medical examiner's assistants authorized by the board shall be paid
21semimonthly out of the county treasury of the proper county, for the performance of
22all their official duties and in lieu of all other compensation, salaries to be fixed by
23the board. The medical examiner and medical examiner's assistants shall collect for
1all services performed, except in cases where the county is solely liable, all fees that
2coroners are by law entitled to receive, and shall keep accurate books of account in
3which shall be entered from day to day the items of services rendered, the titles of
4the proceedings in which and the names of the persons for whom rendered, and the
5fees charged and received, and shall, at the end of every 3 months, render to the board
6of the county and to the treasurer an accurate report or statement, verified by his or
7her oath, of all fees and income collected by them or for them during the 3 months;
8and at the same time they shall pay to the treasurer
of the county all fees and incomes
9collected by them, or which they were entitled by law to charge or receive, not paid
10to the treasurer. The medical examiner or a medical examiner's assistant shall act
11as coroner in a nearby county when requested to do so under s. 59.34 (2) (b).
Note: Deletes spurplus language. "Board" and "treasurer" are defined under s.
59.001 (1) as the "county board of supervisors" and the "county treasurer", respectively.
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59.40
(2) (h) Except in counties that have designated a county support
18collection designee under s.
59.07 (97m) 59.53 (5m), keep a record of all payments and
19arrearages in payments ordered by the court under s. 948.22 (7) or ch. 767 or 769 and
20directed under s. 767.29 (1) to be paid to the clerk or county support collection
21designee or ordered by a court in another county or jurisdiction but enforced or
22received by the court of the clerk's county. If the department of health and family
1services operates a data system relating to those payments and arrearages, the clerk
2shall use that system to keep this record.
Note: Section 59.07 (97m) is renumbered s. 59.53 (5m) by this bill.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. This provision was renumbered to s. 59.40
(2) (m) by
1995 Wis. Act 201.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. This provision was renumbered to s. 59.43
(1) (q) by
1995 Wis. Act 201.
Note: There is no conflict of substance.
AB378, s. 190
12Section
190. 59.43 (2m) (a) (intro.), 4. a. and b. and 5., (b) (intro.) and 6., (c),
13(d) (intro.) and (e) of the statutes, as affected by
1995 Wisconsin Act 201, section
352,
14are amended to read:
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59.43
(2m) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in
subs. (4) and (5) pars. (d) and (e),
16no document may be recorded in the office of a register of deeds unless it substantially
17complies with all of the following on the first page of the instrument:
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4. a. Directly below the recording information area described under
par. (c) 19subd. 3.
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b. Directly below the document number area described under
par. (b) subd. 2.
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15. a. Subject to
subds. 2. and 3. subd. 5. b. and c., a space and a line are provided
2directly below the return address information and the line is labeled as "parcel
3identifier number", "parcel identification number", "parcel ID number", "parcel
4number" or "PIN".
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b. If multiple parcels are affected by the instrument, the line described under
6subd.
1. 5. a. may be used to refer the reader to another area of the instrument where
7the parcel identifier number is located.
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c. Subdivision
1. 5. a. applies only in a county whose board requires the use of
9a parcel identifier number.
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(b)
(intro.) Except as provided in
subs. (4) and (5) pars. (d) and (e), no document
11may be recorded in the office of a register of deeds unless it substantially complies
12with all of the following:
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6. The top margin of each page is 0.5 inch, except that company logos may
14appear within this margin if they do not interfere with any of the other requirements
15of this
section subsection.
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(c) The register of deeds shall provide, upon request, a blank form which a
17person may complete and use as the first page of an instrument that the person seeks
18to record. The blank form shall be provided without charge and shall conform to the
19provisions of
subs. (1) and (2) pars. (a) and (b).
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(d) (intro.)
Subsections (1) and (2) Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply to any
21of the following instruments:
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(e) Every instrument that the register of deeds accepts for recordation under
23this
section subsection shall be considered recorded despite its failure to conform to
24one or more of the requirements of this
section subsection, if the instrument is
25properly indexed in a public index maintained in the office of the register of deeds.
Note: 1995 Wis. Act 201 renumbered s. 59.43 (2m) to a subsection from a section
without adjusting the cross-references accordingly.
AB378,70,84
59.43
(12m) (d) 1. (intro.) The
county board
of any county may at any meeting,
5by resolution, authorize a plan for a new and corrected set of tract indices and order
6new tract indices arranged and compiled according to the plan whenever, in the
7judgment of the board, any existing tract index or indices become unfit for use,
8because of any of the following:
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2. The board may purchase suitable books for the new tract indices and may
10receive bids and contract with any competent person to
the prepare the new tract
11indices, at a price not exceeding 5 cents per folio, which shall be paid out of the county
12treasury on acceptance of the new tract indices by the board.
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3. The person contracting to
the prepare the new tract indices, and the person's
14assistants, shall have access to and be entitled to the use of the old tract indices and
15other records in the register of deeds' office and other county records
the.
AB378,70,2116
4. When the new tract indices are completed and
the approved and adopted by
17the board, the old tract indices shall be preserved as provided in s. 59.52 (3) (b). The
18resolutions of the board ordering, approving and adopting the new tract indices, duly
19certified by the clerk, shall be recorded in each volume of the new tract indices; and
20thereupon
the the new tract indices shall become and be the only lawful tract indices
21in the register of deeds' office.
Note: Reconciles the treatment of this provision by
1995 Wis. Acts 201 and
225.
Deletes surplus language. "Board" is defined as the county board by s. 59.001 (1).
AB378,71,103
59.44
(1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), whenever any county adopts a
4tract index system or any recognized chain of title system, the board may create a
5department to be known as an abstract department, either in connection with or
6independent of the office of the register of deeds, as the board considers advisable.
7The
county board may appoint a competent person for a term of 2 years, who shall
8be known as the county abstractor, and shall have charge of and operate the abstract
9department. The board shall furnish a seal for the abstractor, who shall place the
10seal on every abstract issued by the abstractor.
Note: Section 59.001 defines "board" as the county board.
AB378,71,2413
59.45
(1) (a) 2. Make, personally or by a deputy, a record, in books or on
14drawings and plats that are kept for that purpose, of all corners that are set and the
15manner of fixing the corners and of all bearings and the distances of all courses run,
16of each survey made personally, by deputies or by other land surveyors and arrange
17or index the record so it is an easy to use reference and file and preserve in the office
18the original field notes and calculation thereof. Within 60 days after completing any
19survey, the county surveyor shall make a true and correct copy of the foregoing
20record, in record books or on reproducible papers to be furnished by the county and
21kept in
file files in the office of the county surveyor to be provided by the county. In
22a county with a population of 500,000 or more where there is no county surveyor, a
23copy of the record shall also be filed in the office of the regional planning commission
24which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county.
Note: Inserts correct word as indicated by drafting records for Chapter 499, Laws
of 1969.
AB378,73,23
59.52
(3) (b) When any book, public record or the record of any city, village or
4town plat in any county office shall, from any cause, become unfit for use in whole
5or in part, the board shall order that the book, record or plat be rebound or
6transcribed. If the order is to rebind such book, record or plat, the rebinding must
7be done under the direction of the officer in charge of the book, record or plat, and in
8that officer's office. If the order is to transcribe such book, record or plat, the officer
9having charge of the same shall provide a suitable book for that purpose; and
10thereupon such officer shall transcribe the same in the book so provided and
11carefully compare the transcript with the originals, and make the same a correct copy
12thereof, and shall attach to the transcript a certificate over that officer's official
13signature that that officer has carefully compared the matter therein contained with,
14and that the same is a correct and literal copy of the book, record or plat from which
15the same was transcribed, naming such book.
Such
The certified copy of
the book,
16record or plat
, so certified, shall have the same effect in all respects as the original,
17and
such the original book, record or plat shall be deposited with the treasurer and
18carefully preserved
, except
that in counties having a population of 500,000 or more
19where a book containing a tract index is rewritten or transcribed
, the original book
20may be destroyed. The order of the board directing the transcribing of any book,
21record or plat duly certified by the clerk shall, with such certificate, be recorded in
22each copy of
the book, record or plat transcribed. The fee of the officer for such service
23shall be fixed by the board, not exceeding 10 cents per folio, or if such books or any
1part thereof consist of printed forms, not to exceed 5 cents per folio for such books or
2records, to be paid by the county.
Note: Reorders, inserts and replaces language for improved readability and
conformity with current style.
AB378,73,155
59.52
(6) (d) 1. Construct, purchase, acquire, lease, develop, improve, extend,
6equip, operate and maintain all county buildings, structures and facilities
7hereinafter in this subsection referred to as "projects", including without limitation
8because of enumeration swimming pools, stadiums, golf courses, tennis courts,
9parks, playgrounds, bathing beaches, bathhouses and other recreational facilities,
10exhibition halls, convention facilities, convention complexes, including indoor
11recreational facilities, dams in county lands, garbage incinerators, courthouses,
12jails, schools, hospitals and facilities for medical education use in conjunction with
13such hospitals,
home homes for the aged or indigent, regional projects, sewage
14disposal plants and systems, and including all property, real and personal, pertinent
15or necessary for such purposes.
Note: Corrects word form.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. This provision was renumbered to s. 59.52
(16) (a) by
1995 Wis. Act 201.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. This provision was renumbered to s. 59.53
(6) (b) by
1995 Wis. Act 201.
AB378,74,133
59.53
(16) (b) All isolation hospitals and other places, when erected or
4established in counties having a county board of administration, shall be conducted
5under the control and management of the board
of administration in the same
6manner and to the same extent as other institutions under the control of the board
7of administration, and in other counties the isolation hospitals and other places shall
8be conducted under the control and management of the county board. Any resident
9of this state who is not indigent may be received into, treated and cared for in an
10isolation hospital or other place upon the terms and conditions and at the rate or pay
11established and fixed by the board having charge of the isolation hospital or other
12place; provided, however, that indigent and destitute sick persons shall be cared for
13and have preference of admission to such hospitals and places.
Note: Clarifies reference.
AB378,74,2216
59.54
(15) Annual inspection. At least once each year the board of each county,
17or a committee thereof, shall visit, inspect and examine each jail maintained by the
18county, as to health, cleanliness and discipline, and the keeper of the jail shall lay
19before the board or the committee a calendar setting forth the name, age and cause
20of committal of each prisoner. If it appears to the board or committee that any
of the 21provisions of law have been violated or neglected the board or the committee shall
22immediately give notice of the violation to the district attorney of the county.
Note: Deletes unnecessary language.
Note: There is no conflict of substance. This provision was renumbered to s. 59.54
(25) by
1995 Wis. Act 201.
AB378,75,158
59.56
(13) Celebrations and conventions. The board may appropriate money
9to defray the expense of national air shows or similar aeronautics activities held in
10the county, of municipal commemorative or patriotic celebrations or
observance 11observances, of state or national conventions of war veterans, of national
12conventions of fraternal associations, of group entertainment for children on
13Halloween by county or municipal agencies within the county or of state or national
14conventions of county officers or employes or associations thereof or of bringing any
15of such conventions to the county.
Note: Corrects word form.
AB378,75,2018
59.58
(3) (g) 3. Delegate responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the
19system to an appropriate administrative officer, board or commission of the county
20notwithstanding s.
59.83 59.84 or any other statute.
Note: 1995 Wis. Act 201 changed this cross-reference to s. 59.83 from s. 59.965.
Act 201 renumbered s. 59.965 to s. 59.84. There is no s. 59.83.
AB378,76,53
59.58
(6) (b) 1.
Except as provided in par. (f), 7 Seven members nominated by
4the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for 3-year
5terms, with each member designated to represent one of the counties in the region.
Note: Section 59.58 (6) (f) is repealed by this bill. See the note to the following
section of this bill.
Note: By its terms, this provision does not apply after December 31, 1993.
AB378,76,1811
59.60
(6) (a) The county executive or county administrator shall review the
12estimates of expenditures and revenues and hold public hearings on such estimates
13at which the head or a representative of every county department shall appear and
14give information with regard to the appropriations requested, including work
15programs, other justification of expenditures, and other data that the county
16executive or county administrator requests. The county executive or county
17administrator shall make changes in the proposed budget that in the executive's or
18administrator's discretion are considered desirable or proper.
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(b) On or before October 1, and after the hearings required under par. (a), the
20county executive or county administrator shall submit the amended proposed budget
21to the board. The amended proposed budget shall be the executive's or
22administrator's budget and shall include all of the following:
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1. A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the budget.
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12. A comparative statement by organization unit and principal object of
2expenditure showing the actual expenditures of the preceding fiscal year, the
3appropriations and estimated expenditures for the fiscal year currently ending, and
4the recommended appropriations for the fiscal year next succeeding.
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3. A comparative statement of the actual revenues from all sources including
6property taxes during the preceding fiscal year, the anticipated revenues and the
7estimated revenues for the fiscal year currently ending, and the anticipated
8revenues for the fiscal year next succeeding including any surplus from the
9preceding fiscal year not otherwise appropriated under sub. (9).
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(c) The anticipated revenues for the fiscal year next succeeding shall be equal
11in amount to the recommended appropriations.
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(d) The executive's or administrator's budget shall be accompanied by a
13message prepared by the county executive or county administrator which shall
14outline the important features of the budget plan and indicate any major changes in
15policy or in recommended appropriations or revenues as compared with the fiscal
16year currently ending, and shall set forth the reasons for such changes.