4. The identity of the person certifying the death.
5. The dates of certification and filing of the certificate of death.
(b) Extended fact-of-death information, which includes all of the following:
1. All information under par. (a).
2. Information on final disposition and cause of death.
3. Injury-related data.
(c) Statistical-use-only information, which includes all of the following:
1. All information other than that under par. (b) that is collected on the standard death record form recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics.
2. Other data, as directed by the state registrar, including race, educational background, and health risk behavior.
16,2081
Section
2081. 69.18 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.18 (2) (a) On the form for a certificate of death prescribed by the state registrar under sub. (1) (b), the state registrar shall provide for a separate medical certification section to be completed under this subsection.
16,2082
Section
2082. 69.18 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.18 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided under par. (e), if a death is the subject of a coroner's or medical examiner's determination under s. 979.01 or 979.03, the coroner or medical examiner or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner in the county where the event which caused the death occurred shall complete and sign the medical certification part of the death certificate for the death and mail the death certificate within 5 days after the pronouncement of death or present the certificate to the person responsible for filing the death certificate under sub. (1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.
16,2083
Section
2083. 69.18 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.18 (2) (d) 2. Except as provided under par. (e), if the decedent was not under the care of a physician for the illness or condition from which the person died, the coroner or medical examiner, or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner, in the county of the place of death shall complete and sign the medical certification part of the death certificate for the death and mail the death certificate within 5 days after the pronouncement of death or present the certificate to the person responsible for filing the death certificate under sub. (1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.
16,2085
Section
2085. 69.20 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under sub. (3), information in the part of a birth certificate
, of birth or divorce or annulment or a marriage document or divorce report that is designated on the form as being collected for statistical or medical and statistical use only and information in the part of a death certificate that is designated on the form as being collected as statistical-use-only information under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) may not be disclosed to any person except the subject following:
1. The subject of the information, or, if the subject is a minor, to his or her parent or guardian.
16,2086
Section
2086. 69.20 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
69.20 (2) (a) 2. For a certificate of death, any of the persons specified under s. 69.18 (4) (a) 1. to 6. or an individual who is authorized in writing by one of the persons.
16,2087
Section
2087. 69.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
69.20 (2) (c) Except as provided under sub. (3), until 50 years after a decedent's date of death, the state registrar and a local registrar may not permit inspection of or disclose information contained in the portion under s. 69.18 (1m) (b) 2. and 3. of the certificate of death to anyone except to a person specified under sub. (1), or to a direct descendent of the decedent.
16,2088
Section
2088. 69.20 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
69.20 (3) (e) Public use indexes of certificates of birth, death, or divorce or annulment, or marriage documents that are filed in the system of vital statistics at the state or local level are accessible only by inspection at the office of the state registrar or of a local registrar and may not be copied or reproduced except as follows:
1. a. Certificate of birth index information may be copied or reproduced for the public only after 100 years have elapsed from the year in which the birth occurred. No information in the index that has been impounded under s. 69.15 may be released.
b. Subdivision 1. a. does not apply to certificate of birth indexes of events that occurred before October 1, 1907.
2. Indexes of certificates of death or divorce or annulment may be copied or reproduced for the public after 24 months have elapsed from the year in which the event occurred.
3. Beginning January 1, 2003, any information that is obtained from an index under subd. 1. or 2. and that is released shall contain the following statement: "This information is not a legal vital record index. Inclusion of any information does not constitute legal verification of the fact of the event."
16,2089
Section
2089. 69.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.20 (4) The Under procedures that are promulgated by rule, the state registrar and every local registrar shall protect vital records from mutilation, alteration or, theft, or fraudulent use and shall protect the privacy rights of registrants and their families by strictly controlling direct access to any vital record filed or registered in paper form through procedures promulgated by rule.
16,2090
Section
2090. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.21 (1) (a) 2. b. Any information of the part of a birth certificate, of birth, death, or divorce or annulment or a marriage document or divorce report, the disclosure of which is limited under s. 69.20 (2) (a) and (c), unless the requester is the subject of the information or, for a decedent, unless the requester is specified in s. 69.20 (2) (a) 2.
16,2091
Section
2091. 69.21 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.21 (1) (b) 4. Any A copy of a death certificate issued under par. (a) for a death that occurred before January 1, 2003, shall include, without limitation due to enumeration, the name, sex, date and place of death, age or birth date, cause and manner of death, and social security number, if any, of the decedent, and the file number and the file date of the certificate, except that a requester may, upon request, obtain a copy that does not include the cause of death.
16,2092
Section
2092. 69.21 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
69.21 (1) (b) 5. A copy of a death certificate issued under par. (a) for a death that occurs after December 31, 2002, shall be on a form that contains only fact-of-death information specified in s. 69.18 (1m) (a), except that a requester may, upon request, obtain a form that contains extended fact-of-death information specified in s. 69.18 (1m) (b).
16,2093
Section
2093. 69.22 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (1) (intro.) The Except as provided in subs. (6)
and (7), the state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall collect the following fees:
16,2094
Section
2094. 69.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (c), $7 for issuing one certified copy of a vital record and $2
$3 for any additional certified copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.
16,2095g
Section 2095g. 69.22 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
69.22 (1) (b) Except as provided under par. (c),
all of the following:
1. For issuing an uncertified copy of a vital record issued under s. 69.21 (2) (a) or (b) for an event that occurred before 1930 or for verifying information about the event submitted by an requester without issuance of a copy, $3, and $1 for any additional copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.
2. For issuing an uncertified copy of a vital record issued under s. 69.21 (2) (a) or (b) for an event that occurs
after December 31, 1929, or for verifying information about the event submitted by a requester without issuance of a copy, $7, and $3 for any additional copy of the same vital record issued at the same time.
16,2095h
Section 2095h. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is
renumbered 69.22 (1) (c) 1. and amended to read:
69.22 (1) (c) 1. Twelve dollars for issuing a an uncertified copy of a birth certificate
for a birth that occurred after December 31, 1929, or a certified copy of a birth certificate, $7 of which shall be forwarded
to the state treasurer as provided in sub. (1m)
and credited to the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h); and $3 for issuing any additional certified or uncertified copy of the same birth certificate issued at the same time.
16,2095i
Section 2095i. 69.22 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
69.22 (1) (c) 2. Three dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth certificate for a birth that occurred before 1930, and $1 for any additional uncertified copy of the same birth certificate issued at the same time.
16,2096
Section
2096. 69.22 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
69.22 (1) (d) In addition to other fees under this subchapter, $10 for expedited service in issuing a vital record.
16,2096c
Section 2096c. 69.22 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth certificate for which a fee under sub. (1) (c)
1. is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the state treasurer the amount for deposit in the appropriations under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h) the amounts specified in sub. (1) (c) for each copy of a birth certificate issued during a calendar quarter by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.
16,2097
Section
2097. 69.22 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (5) (a) 2. Making alterations
any change ordered by a court under s. 69.12 (3) or 69.15 (4) (a).
16,2098
Section
2098. 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making alterations
any change in a birth certificate under s. 69.15 (3) or (3m).
16,2099
Section
2099. 69.22 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (5) (b) 1. Any new vital record registered under s. 69.12 (4), 69.14 (2) (b) 6., 69.15 (1), (2), (3) or (4) (3m), (4) (b), or (6), 69.16 (2), or 69.19, or any corrected vital record registered under s. 69.13.
16,2100
Section
2100. 69.22 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.22 (6) The state registrar may provide free search and free charge a reasonable fee for providing searches of vital records and for providing copies of vital records to state agencies for program use. The register of deeds may provide free searches and free copies to agencies in his or her county at the direction of the county board.
16,2100m
Section 2100m. 69.22 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
69.22 (7) In a county with a population greater than 600,000, in addition to any applicable fee under sub. (1), the state registrar and any local registrar shall charge a fee of $10 for filing a certificate of death and a surcharge of $1 for issuing a certified copy or additional certified copy of a certificate of death, regardless of whether the death occurred before or after 1930. By the 15th day of the first month following the end of a calendar quarter, the state registrar and local registrar shall forward to the state treasurer the amounts received under this subsection during the calendar quarter. The state treasurer shall credit all amounts received under this subsection to the cemetery management insurance fund.
16,2101
Section
2101. 69.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
69.24 (2) (b) Wilfully Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required under this subchapter for a death certificate or for any part of a birth certificate which is not designated as the part for statistical or medical and statistical use or for a death certificate.
16,2103
Section
2103. 70.11 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (9) Memorials. All memorial halls and the real estate upon which the same are located, owned and occupied by any organization of United States war veterans organized pursuant to act of congress and domesticated in this state pursuant to the laws of this state, containing permanent memorial tablets with the names of former residents of any given town, village, city or county who lost their lives in the military or naval service of the state or the United States in any war inscribed thereon, and all personal property owned by such organizations, and all buildings erected, purchased or maintained by any county, city, town or village as memorials under s. 45.05 or 45.055. The renting of such halls or buildings for public purposes shall not render them taxable, provided that all income derived therefrom be used for the upkeep and maintenance thereof. Where such hall or building is used in part for exempt purposes and in part for pecuniary profit, it shall be assessed for taxation to the extent of such use for pecuniary profit as provided in s. 70.1105 (1).
16,2103g
Section 2103g. 70.11 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2103k
Section 2103k. 70.11 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (12) (a) Property owned by units which are organized in this state of the following organizations: the Salvation Army,; the Boy Scouts of America
,; the Boys' Clubs of America,; the Girl Scouts or Camp Fire Girls; the Young Men's Christian Association, not exceeding 40 acres for property that is located outside the limit of any incorporated city or village and not exceeding 10 acres for property that is located inside the limit of any incorporated city or village; the Young Women's Christian Association, not exceeding 40 acres for property that is located outside the limit of any incorporated city or village and not exceeding 10 acres for property that is located inside the limit of any incorporated city or village; or any person as trustee for them of property used for the purposes of those organizations, provided no pecuniary profit results to any individual owner or member.
16,2104
Section
2104. 70.11 (21) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (21) (a) All property purchased or constructed as a waste treatment facility used for the treatment of industrial wastes, as defined in s. 281.01 (5), or air contaminants, as defined in s. 285.01 (1), but not for other wastes, as defined in s 281.01 (7) and approved by the department of revenue, for the purpose of abating or eliminating pollution of surface waters, the air, or waters of the state if that property is not used to grow agricultural products for sale and, if the property's owner is taxed under ch. 76, if the property is approved by the department of revenue. For the purposes of this subsection, "industrial waste" also includes wood chips, sawdust, and other wood residue from the paper and wood products manufacturing process that can be used as fuel and would otherwise be considered superfluous, discarded, or fugitive material. The department of natural resources and department of health and family services shall make recommendations upon request to the department of revenue regarding such property. All property purchased or upon which construction began prior to July 31, 1975, shall be subject to s. 70.11 (21), 1973 stats.
16,2105
Section
2105. 70.11 (21) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (21) (c) A prerequisite to exemption under this subsection for owners who are taxed under ch. 76 is the filing of a statement on forms prescribed by the department of revenue with the department of revenue. This statement shall be filed not later than January 15 of the year in which a new exemption is requested or in which a waste treatment facility that has been granted an exemption is retired, replaced, disposed of, moved to a new location, or sold.
16,2106
Section
2106. 70.11 (21) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (21) (d) The department of revenue shall allow an extension to February 15; or, if the owner is subject to tax under ch. 76, to a date determined by the department by rule; of the due date for filing the report form required under par. (c) if a written application for an extension, stating the reason for the request, is filed with the department of revenue before January 15.
16,2107
Section
2107. 70.11 (21) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
16,2108
Section
2108. 70.11 (21) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (21) (f) If property about which a statement has been filed under par. (c) is determined to be taxable, the owner may appeal that determination to the tax appeals commission under s. 73.01 (5) (a), except that assessments under s. 76.07 shall be appealed under s. 76.08 and except that assessments under s. 70.995 (5) shall be appealed under s. 70.995 (8).
16,2108q
Section 2108q. 70.11 (39) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.11 (39) Computers. If the owner of the property fulfills the requirements under s. 70.35, mainframe computers, minicomputers, personal computers, networked personal computers, servers, terminals, monitors, disk drives, electronic peripheral equipment, tape drives, printers, basic operational programs, systems software, and prewritten software and custom software. The exemption under this subsection does not apply to
automatic teller machines, custom software, fax machines, copiers, equipment with embedded computerized components or telephone systems, including equipment that is used to provide telecommunications services, as defined in s. 76.80 (3). For the purposes of s. 79.095, the exemption under this subsection does not apply to property that is otherwise exempt under this chapter.
16,2108s
Section 2108s. 70.11 (39m) of the statutes is created to read:
70.11 (39m) If the owner of the property fulfills the requirements under s. 70.35, cash registers and fax machines, excluding fax machines that are also copiers.
16,2109
Section
2109. 70.11 (41) of the statutes is created to read:
70.11 (41) Fox River Navigational System Authority. All property owned by the Fox River Navigational System Authority, provided that use of the property is primarily related to the purposes of the authority.
16,2110
Section
2110. 70.11 (42) of the statutes is created to read:
70.11 (42) Hub facility. (a) In this subsection:
1. "Air carrier company" means any person engaged in the business of transportation in aircraft of persons or property for hire on regularly scheduled flights. In this subdivision, "aircraft" has the meaning given in s. 76.02 (1).
2. "Hub facility" means any of the following:
a. A facility at an airport from which an air carrier company operated at least 45 common carrier departing flights each weekday in the prior year and from which it transported passengers to at least 15 nonstop destinations, as defined by rule by the department of revenue, or transported cargo to nonstop destinations, as defined by rule by the department of revenue.
