AB329: Bill Text

AB329, s. 3 Section 3. 16.846 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,5,19 16.846 (3) All fines imposed and collected under this section shall be transmitted to the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 for disposition in accordance with s. 59.25 (3) (f) and (j). All forfeitures, including forfeitures of posted bail, if any, imposed and collected under this section shall be transmitted to the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 for disposition in accordance with ss. 778.13 and 778.17.

AB329, s. 4 Section 4. 17.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,6,7 17.01 (7) By a county supervisor, county clerk, county treasurer, county comptroller under s. 59.255, coroner, register of deeds or county surveyor, to the sheriff, who shall immediately transmit a notice thereof, in case of a coroner or register of deeds, to the governor; and in case of a county supervisor, county clerk, county treasurer, county comptroller under s. 59.255, or surveyor, to the chairperson of the county board; and after such notices the sheriff shall file such resignations with the county clerk.

AB329, s. 5 Section 5. 17.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,6,12 17.09 (1) County clerk; treasurer; comptroller; surveyor; supervisor. The county clerk, county treasurer, county comptroller under s. 59.255, or surveyor, or a county supervisor, by the county board, for cause, by a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors entitled to seats on such board.

AB329, s. 6 Section 6. 17.21 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,7,2 17.21 (3) County clerk, treasurer, comptroller, and surveyor. In the office of county clerk, treasurer, comptroller under s. 59.255, or surveyor, by appointment by the county board for the residue of the unexpired term unless a special election is ordered by the county board, in which case the person appointed shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The county board may, if a vacancy occurs before June 1 in the year preceding expiration of the term of office, order a special election to fill the vacancy. If the county board orders a special election during the period beginning on June 1 and ending on November 30 of any year, the special election shall be held concurrently with the succeeding spring election. If the county board orders a special election during the period beginning on December 1 and ending on May 31 of the succeeding year, the special election shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November following the date of the order. A person so elected shall serve for the residue of the unexpired term.

AB329, s. 7 Section 7. 19.59 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,7,8 19.59 (3) (c) A provision directing the county or municipal treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, to withhold the payment of salaries or expenses from any local public official or other employee of the county or municipality who fails to disclose his or her economic interests in accordance with the requirements of the ordinance.

AB329, s. 8 Section 8. 23.84 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,7,20 23.84 Forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges collected; to whom paid. Except for actions in municipal court, all moneys collected in favor of the state or a municipality for a forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814, shall be paid by the officer who collects the same to the appropriate municipal or county treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, within 20 days after their receipt by the officer, except that all jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be paid to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255. In case of any failure in the payment, the municipal or county treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, may collect the payment from the officer by an action in the treasurer's or comptroller's name of office and upon the official bond of the officer, with interest at the rate of 12% per year from the time when it should have been paid.

AB329, s. 9 Section 9. 23.85 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,8,7 23.85 Statement to county board; payment to state. Every county treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, shall, on the first day of the annual meeting of the county board of supervisors, submit to it a verified statement of all forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814 and received during the previous year. The county clerk shall deduct all expenses incurred by the county in recovering those forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges from the aggregate amount so received, and shall immediately certify the amount of clear proceeds of those forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges to the county treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, who shall pay the proceeds to the state as provided in s. 59.25 (3). Jail surcharges imposed under ch. 814 shall be treated separately as provided in s. 302.46.

AB329, s. 10 Section 10. 24.28 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,8,12 24.28 (1) (b) Nonpayment of any taxes that before the annual interest required by the certificate of sale is paid are returned to the board by the county treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, as due and unpaid upon the lands described in the certificate.

AB329, s. 11 Section 11. 24.67 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,2 24.67 (3) If a municipality has acted under subs. (1) and (2), it shall certify that fact to the department of administration. Upon receiving a certification from a municipality, or upon direction of the board if a loan is made to a cooperative educational service agency, drainage district created under ch. 88, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, or a federated public library system, the secretary of administration shall draw a warrant for the amount of the loan, payable to the comptroller of a county under s. 59.255 or to the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district, or federated public library system making the loan or as the comptroller of a county under s. 59.255 or the treasurer of the municipality, cooperative educational service agency, drainage district, local professional baseball park district, or federated public library system directs. The certificate of indebtedness shall then be conclusive evidence of the validity of the indebtedness and that all the requirements of law concerning the application for the making and acceptance of the loan have been complied with.

AB329, s. 12 Section 12. 24.70 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,10 24.70 (4) Payment to board. The treasurer of each municipality and the comptroller of a county under s. 59.255 shall transmit to the board on its order the full amount levied for state trust fund loans within 15 days after March 15. Each cooperative educational service agency shall similarly transmit the annual amount owed on any state trust fund loan made to the agency by that date. Any payment not made by March 30 is delinquent and is subject to a penalty of one percent per month to be paid to the board with the delinquent payment.

AB329, s. 13 Section 13. 24.70 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,17 24.70 (6) Failure to make payments. If any municipality fails to remit the amount due by the date specified under sub. (4), the board may file a certified statement of the delinquent amount with the department of administration. The secretary of administration shall collect the amount due, including any penalty, by deducting that amount from any state payments due the municipality and shall notify the treasurer or comptroller and the board of that action.

AB329, s. 14 Section 14. 26.03 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,9,25 26.03 (1m) (a) 2. Upon receipt of notifications under subd. 1., the county clerk shall provide notice to the town chairperson of each town in which the land from which raw forest products will be harvested is located and to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255. The county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall determine whether the county holds a tax certificate or tax deeds to any of the land involved. If the county holds a tax certificate, the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall take action to collect the unpaid taxes represented by county-owned tax certificates or to prevent the harvesting of raw forest products from the land. If the county holds a tax deed, the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall take action to prevent the harvesting of raw forest products from the land.

AB329, s. 15 Section 15. 26.14 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,10,21 26.14 (4) Emergency fire wardens or those assisting them in the fighting of forest fires shall prepare itemized accounts of their services and the services of those employed by them, as well as other expenses incurred, on blanks to be furnished by the department and in a manner prescribed by the department, and make oaths or affirmation that said account is just and correct, which account shall be forwarded and approved for payment by the department. As soon as any such account has been paid by the secretary of administration the department of natural resources shall send to the proper county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 a bill for the county's share of such expenses. The county shall have 60 days within which to pay such bill, but if not paid within that time the county shall be liable for interest at the rate of 6% per year. If payment is not made within 60 days the department of administration shall include such amount as a part of the next levy against the county for state taxes, but no county shall be required to pay more than $5,000 in any one year. Any unpaid levy under this section shall remain a charge against the county and the department of administration shall include such unpaid sums in the state tax levy of the respective counties in subsequent years.

AB329, s. 16 Section 16. 26.30 (9) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,11,8 26.30 (9) (b) 1. When such work has been performed on county lands, the department shall send to the proper county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 a bill for the county's share of such expenses and a copy of the bill shall be filed with the department of administration. The county shall have until October 1 of each year to pay such bill. If payment is not made by October 1 of each year, the secretary of state, upon information certified to the secretary of state by the department of administration, shall include such amount as a part of the next levy against the county for state taxes, but no county shall be required to pay more than $5,000 of such amount in any one year. Any unpaid levy under this section shall remain a charge against the county and the secretary of state shall include such unpaid sums in the state tax levy of the respective counties in subsequent years.

AB329, s. 17 Section 17. 27.065 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,11,21 27.065 (9) (c) Said bonds may be annual or semiannual interest coupon bonds or bonds that are registered under s. 67.09 without interest coupons, as the county board may direct, the total issue in each case shall be payable in annual installments for a period not exceeding 10 years from the date of issue, and shall draw interest at a rate not exceeding 6% per year, interest payable annually or semiannually, as the county board may direct; such bonds may be of such denomination as the county board shall determine and shall be sold at not less than par. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be credited by the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 to the special fund for the improvement of such streets or parkways, and may be paid to the contractor for such work when payment is due and the county board shall so direct, or the contractor may take such bonds as payment for work done with the permission of the county board.

AB329, s. 18 Section 18. 27.065 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,11,25 27.065 (9) (e) The county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall, out of the special fund hereby created for that purpose, pay the interest on and the principal of said bonds, as the same become due and charge the same to said fund.

AB329, s. 19 Section 19. 27.065 (9) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,12,13 27.065 (9) (f) In each year after the issuing of said bonds, until all of them are paid, the county clerk, in the clerk's certification of the state and county tax and charges to the clerks of the cities, towns or villages wherein the land covered by said bonds is located, shall include sufficient of the special assessment on each such parcel of land to pay the annual installment of the principal and interest of said special assessment, and this amount shall be extended on the tax roll for the year as a special tax on such property. Thereafter this tax shall be treated in all respects as any other county tax, and when collected the same shall be a special fund for the payment of such bonds and interest, and shall be used for no other purpose. The county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall, out of this special fund, pay the interest on and the principal of said bonds. Any bondholder or bondholders may redeem from any tax certificate, as fully as if owners of the land, under s. 75.01.

AB329, s. 20 Section 20. 27.065 (10) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,12,20 27.065 (10) (e) Upon the commencement of any such action the plaintiff shall cause a notice thereof to be filed in the office of the county clerk and county treasurer, or county comptroller under s. 59.255, designating the particular property affected by such foreclosure; and thereafter no redemption of any such property from such assessments shall be had without payment of all costs theretofore accrued in such action except as hereinbefore provided.

AB329, s. 21 Section 21. 29.983 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,13,2 29.983 (1) (f) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the wild animal protection surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2.

AB329, s. 22 Section 22. 29.984 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,13,10 29.984 (1) (f) The clerk of court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the commercial fish protection surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount of the commercial fish protection surcharge in the conservation fund.

AB329, s. 23 Section 23. 29.985 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,13,17 29.985 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the fishing shelter removal surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2.

AB329, s. 24 Section 24. 29.987 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,13,25 29.987 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the natural resources surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the natural resources surcharge in the conservation fund.

AB329, s. 25 Section 25. 29.989 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,14,9 29.989 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the natural resources restitution surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the natural resources restitution surcharge in the conservation fund.

AB329, s. 26 Section 26. 29.99 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,14,18 29.99 (4) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the wildlife violator compact surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the wildlife violator compact surcharge in the conservation fund.

AB329, s. 27 Section 27. 29.9905 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,15,2 29.9905 (1) (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the Great Lakes resource surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount of the Great Lakes resource surcharge in the conservation fund.

AB329, s. 28 Section 28. 29.991 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,15,9 29.991 (1) (c) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 the fishing net removal surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.255 (3) (f) 2.

AB329, s. 29 Section 29. 30.38 (13) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,15,16 30.38 (13) (c) At the end of each fiscal year, the board shall compute its net revenue, if any, after paying the costs of operating, maintaining and improving the harbor. Thereupon, the board shall certify the amount of such net revenue, if any, to the municipal treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 who shall cause such amount to be transferred from the harbor fund to the general fund of the municipality.

AB329, s. 30 Section 30. 32.58 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,15,25 32.58 (3) (a) The county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255, under s. 74.57 or the city treasurer, if authorized to act under s. 74.87, may include the owner's property in a tax certificate to collect the delinquent assessment, unless a special improvement bond under s. 32.67 is issued against the property. If the city has issued a special improvement bond against the owner's property, it may foreclose the property to collect the delinquent assessment. Even if only part of the property is within the benefit district and assessed benefits, the entire property may be sold or foreclosed to collect the delinquent assessment.

AB329, s. 31 Section 31. 34.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,16,5 34.01 (7) "Treasurer" means any duly elected, appointed or acting official or employee of a public depositor whose duties require that he or she receive and account for public moneys, and "treasurer" includes a county comptroller under s. 59.255.

AB329, s. 32 Section 32. 34.105 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,16,14 34.105 (1) Withdrawal or disbursement by a treasurer of any county, city, village, town, school district or cooperative educational service agency of moneys deposited in a public depository shall be made as provided by s. 66.0607 (1) to (5). "Treasurer" as used in this subsection means only the elected, appointed or acting official treasurer of a county, city, village, town, school district or cooperative educational service agency and, except for county comptroller under s. 59.255, does not include all of the other persons within the definition of that term in s. 34.01 (7). This section does not affect s. 67.10 (2).

AB329, s. 33 Section 33. 36.11 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,16,21 36.11 (1) (d) All fines imposed and collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 for disposition in accordance with s. 59.25 (3) (f) and (j) and 59.255 (3) (f) and (j). All forfeitures, including forfeitures of posted bail if any, imposed and collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the county treasurer or county comptroller under s. 59.255 for disposition in accordance with ss. 778.13 and 778.17.

AB329, s. 34 Section 34. 41.41 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,17,6 41.41 (10) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), on or before each January 31, the department shall pay to the treasurer of each taxation district specified in par. (b), and to the county comptroller under s. 59.255, with respect to all land in the Kickapoo valley reserve and all land acquired by the board on or before January 1 of the preceding year, an amount determined by multiplying the estimated value of the land equated to the average level of assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate gross general property tax rate, exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy tax credit under s. 79.10, that would apply to the land in that taxation district for that year if it were taxable.

AB329, s. 35 Section 35. 41.41 (10) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,17,12 41.41 (10) (c) 2. On or before February 15, the treasurer of each taxation district, and the county comptroller under s. 59.255, receiving a payment under subd. 1. shall pay to the treasurer of each taxing jurisdiction, from the amount received under subd. 1., the taxing jurisdiction's proportionate share of the payment in lieu of the tax that would be levied on the land if it were taxable.

AB329, s. 36 Section 36. 43.58 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,18,7 43.58 (7) (b) If a gift, bequest, or endowment is made to any public library, the library board may pay or transfer the gift, bequest, or endowment, or its proceeds, to the treasurer of the municipality or county, or to the comptroller under s. 59.255 of the county, in which the public library is situated; may entrust the gift, bequest, or endowment to a public depository under ch. 34; may pay or transfer the gift, bequest, or endowment to the library board's financial secretary; or may pay or transfer the gift, bequest, or endowment to a charitable organization, described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, the purpose of which is providing financial or material support to the public library. A payment or transfer of a gift, bequest, or endowment by a library board to a charitable organization described in this paragraph made prior to March 19, 2008, is not invalid as lacking statutory authority to make the payment or transfer. If the library board pays or transfers the gift, bequest, or endowment to the financial secretary, the financial secretary may invest the gift, bequest, or endowment as permitted under s. 66.0603 (1m) or 112.11 (3); or may delegate investment authority for the gift, bequest, or endowment as permitted under s. 66.0603 (2) or 112.11 (5). The financial secretary shall hold office only during membership on the library board and shall be elected annually at the same time and in the same manner as the other officers of the library board.

AB329, s. 37 Section 37. 43.58 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,18,16 43.58 (7) (c) If any such treasurer, comptroller under s. 59.255, or financial secretary holds any property belonging to the public library, the library board shall require a bond from the treasurer, comptroller, or financial secretary to the library board in such sum, not less than the amount of such property so held by him or her, and with such sureties as the library board requires. The bond shall be conditioned in substantially the same form as the ordinary bond required from the treasurer of the municipality or county, or to the comptroller under s. 59.255 of the county, with the necessary changes.

AB329, s. 38 Section 38. 43.58 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,18,22 43.58 (7) (d) The treasurer, comptroller under s. 59.255, or financial secretary shall make an annual report to the library board showing in detail the amount, investment, income and disbursements from the trust funds in his or her charge. Such report shall also be appended to the annual report of the library board under s. 43.58 (6).

AB329, s. 39 Section 39. 45.81 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,19,3 45.81 (3) (c) The total disbursements made by the commission under this subsection may not exceed the amount collected from the tax levied, except when specifically authorized by the county board. The commission shall provide the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 with sufficient information to deliver the specified aid to the person entitled to that aid.

AB329, s. 40 Section 40. 45.81 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,19,9 45.81 (3) (d) The commission may furnish aid in a different manner than by supplying money. The commission may request the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 to pay a purveyor of services or commodities for the purchase of services or commodities, or the commission may furnish supplies, as it considers appropriate.

AB329, s. 41 Section 41. 45.84 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,19,19 45.84 (3) The chairperson of the county board and the clerk of the county on the receipt of the report under sub. (2) shall draw an order on the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 for the amount of expenses so incurred, payable to the person designated in the report as being entitled to that payment. The county veterans service officer of each county shall, upon the death and burial of a veteran described under sub. (1) who was living in the county at the time of death, make application to the proper authorities for a suitable headstone as provided for by act of congress, and at the expense of the county cause the same to be placed at the head of the deceased's grave.

AB329, s. 42 Section 42. 45.85 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,19,25 45.85 (3) The chairperson of the county board and the county clerk, upon receipt of the report under sub. (2), shall draw an order on the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 for the amount of the expenses incurred in caring for the graves, payable to the person or persons designated in the report as being entitled to the payment.

AB329, s. 43 Section 43. 46.495 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,20,10 46.495 (2) (a) The county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 and each director of a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 shall monthly certify under oath to the department in such manner as the department prescribes the claim of the county for state reimbursement under this section and if the department approves such claim it shall certify to the department of administration for reimbursement to the county for amounts due under this subsection and payment claimed to be made to the counties monthly. The department may make advance payments prior to the beginning of each month equal to one-twelfth of the contracted amount.

AB329, s. 44 Section 44. 48.569 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,20,19 48.569 (2) (a) The county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 and each director of a county department shall monthly certify under oath to the department, in the manner the department prescribes, the claim of the county for state reimbursement under this section, and if the department approves the claim it shall certify to the department of administration for reimbursement to the county for amounts due under this section and payment claimed to be made to the counties monthly. The department may make advance payments prior to the beginning of each month equal to one-twelfth of the contracted amount.

AB329, s. 45 Section 45. 49.19 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,20,24 49.19 (7) The county board shall annually appropriate a sum of money sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section. The county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255 shall pay out the amounts ordered paid under this section.

AB329, s. 46 Section 46. 51.605 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB329,21,8 51.605 (2) Payment. Reimbursement ordered under this section shall be made to the clerk of courts of the county where the proceedings took place. The clerk of courts shall transmit payments under this section to the county treasurer or the county comptroller under s. 59.255, who shall deposit 25 percent of the payment amount in the county treasury and transmit the remainder to the secretary of administration. Payments transmitted to the secretary of administration shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.550 (1) (L).

AB329, s. 47 Section 47. 51.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read: