AB727: Bill Text

AB727, s. 12 Section 12. 59.72 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB727,6,19 59.72 (3) (b) Within 2 years after the land information office is established, develop and receive approval for a countywide plan for land records modernization. For any county in which land records are not fully accessible on the Internet, the plan shall include a goal of providing full access to land records on the Internet. The plan shall be submitted for approval to the department of administration under s. 16.967 (3) (e).

AB727, s. 13 Section 13. 59.72 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB727,7,2 59.72 (3m) Land information council. (a) If the board has established a land information office under sub. (3), the board shall create a land information council consisting of not less than 7 members. The council shall consist of the register of deeds, the treasurer, and, if one has been appointed, the real property lister or their designees and the following members appointed by the board for terms prescribed by the board:

AB727,7,3 1. A member of the board.

AB727,7,4 2. A representative of the land information office.

AB727,7,5 3. A realtor employed within the county.

AB727,7,6 4. An emergency medical service provider employed within the county.

AB727,7,7 5. Any other members of the board or public that the board designates.

AB727,7,10 (b) The land information council shall review the priorities, needs, policies, and expenditures of a land information office established by the board under sub. (3) and advise the county on matters affecting the land information office.

AB727, s. 14 Section 14. 59.72 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 59.72 (4) (a) and amended to read:

AB727,7,15 59.72 (4) (a) A board that has established a land information office under sub. (3) and a land information council under sub. (3m) may apply to the department of administration for a grant for a land information project under s. 16.967 (7).

AB727, s. 15 Section 15. 59.72 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB727,7,20 59.72 (4) (b) A board shall use any grant received by the county under s. 16.967 (7) (a) and any fees retained under sub. (5) (b) to design, develop, and implement a land information system under s. 16.967 (7) (a) 1. and to make the system accessible on the Internet before using these funds for any other purpose.

AB727, s. 16 Section 16. 59.72 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB727,7,25 59.72 (5) (a) Before the 16th day of each month a register of deeds shall submit to the department of administration $7 $10 from the fee for recording or filing the first page of each instrument that is recorded or filed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e), less any amount retained by the county under par. (b).

AB727, s. 17 Section 17. 59.72 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB727,8,5 59.72 (5) (b) (intro.) A Except as provided in s. 16.967 (7m), a county may retain $5 $8 of the $7 $10 submitted under par. (a) from the fee for recording or filing the first page of each instrument that is recorded or filed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e) if all of the following conditions are met:

AB727, s. 18 Section 18. 59.72 (5) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB727,8,8 59.72 (5) (b) 1m. The county has created a land information council under sub. (3m).

AB727, s. 19 Section 19. 59.72 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB727,8,14 59.72 (5) (b) 3. The county uses $4 $6 of each $5 $8 fee retained under this paragraph to develop, implement, and maintain the countywide plan for land records modernization and $1 $2 of each $5 $8 fee retained under this paragraph for the provision of land information on the Internet, including the county's land information records relating to housing.

AB727, s. 20 Section 20. 59.72 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB727,8,21 59.72 (6) Land records modernization. With regard to land records modernization as described in sub. (3) (b), if a register of deeds transfers an instrument that was filed or recorded with the register of deeds before April 1, 2006, to an electronic format, as described in s. 59.43 (4), the register of deeds shall make a reasonable effort to redact social security numbers from the transferred instrument's electronic format.

AB727, s. 21 Section 21. Initial applicability.

AB727,9,2 (1) The treatment of sections 59.43 (2) (ag) 1., (e), and (L) and (4) (c) and 59.72 (5) (a) and (b) (intro.), 1m., and 3. and (6) of the statutes first applies to an instrument that is presented to a register of deeds for recording or filing, or that is transferred to an electronic format, on the effective date of this subsection.

AB727,9,4 (2) The treatment of sections 16.967 (7m) and 59.72 (4) (b) of the statutes first applies to grants received or fees retained on the effective date of this subsection.

AB727, s. 22 Section 22. Effective date.

AB727,9,6 (1) This act takes effect on the 30th day beginning after the day of publication.

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