AB898: Bill Text

AB898,45,18 69.21 (1) (b) 4. A copy of a death certificate record issued under par. (a) for a death that occurred before January 1, 2003 September 1, 2013, shall include 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 record, except that a requester may, upon request, obtain a copy that does not include the cause of death.

AB898,109 Section 109. 69.21 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,45,24 69.21 (1) (b) 5. A copy of a death certificate record issued under par. (a) for a death that occurs after December 31, 2002 August 31, 2013, 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).

AB898,110 Section 110. 69.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,46,7 69.21 (2) (a) The state registrar or local registrar shall issue an uncertified copy of the vital record of one or more registrants if the subject of the vital record is an event occurring after September 30, 1907. The requirements of ss. 69.15 (6) (b) and 69.20 (3) (b) for disclosing information under s. 69.20 (1) and (2) shall apply to issuance under this paragraph of any copy of a vital record containing such information. Any uncertified copy issued under this paragraph shall have on its face a notice that it is uncertified.

AB898,111 Section 111. 69.21 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,46,12 69.21 (3) Amendments. Any copy of a vital record issued under this section shall show all amendments or changes made on the record since it was filed, the date and authority of the amendment or change unless a certificate record was issued for the registrant under s. 69.14 (1) (h) or 69.15 (2), (3) or (4) (b).

AB898,112 Section 112. 69.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,46,23 69.21 (4) (b) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record withheld by the state registrar under par. (a) may petition the circuit court of the county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is shown on the original record to have occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital record. In issuing the certified copy, the state registrar shall mark the copy to indicate that the copy is for use by the court in making its determination under this paragraph. If the court finds that the petitioner has proven that the information on the vital record is valid, the clerk of court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, who shall issue the certified copy.

AB898,113 Section 113. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,47,4 69.22 (1) (c) Twenty dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth certificate record or a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and $3 for issuing any additional certified or uncertified copy of the same birth certificate record issued at the same time.

AB898,114 Section 114. 69.22 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,47,8 69.22 (1) (cm) Ten dollars for issuing one certified copy of a certificate of birth record resulting in stillbirth and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same certificate record issued at the same time.

AB898,115 Section 115. 69.22 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,47,14 69.22 (1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth certificate record for which a fee under sub. (1) (c) is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the secretary of administration for deposit in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and (h) $7 by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.

AB898,116 Section 116. 69.22 (1q) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,47,17 69.22 (1q) (c) For any copy of a birth certificate record for which a fee of $20 under sub. (1) (c) is charged, $8.

AB898,117 Section 117 . 69.22 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB898,118 Section 118. 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,47,21 69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making any change in a birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3).

AB898,119 Section 119. 69.22 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,48,2 69.22 (5) (b) 2. The filing of a birth certificate record under s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5. The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth certificate record and the first copy of the certificate record except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee, $5.

AB898,120 Section 120. 69.23 of the statutes is repealed.

AB898,121 Section 121. 69.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,48,8 69.24 (1) (b) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a birth or death certificate record under s. 69.09, 69.10, 69.14 or 69.18, in an application for an amendment to a birth or death certificate record under s. 69.11 or 69.12 or in a request for a certified copy of a birth certificate record under s. 69.21.

AB898,122 Section 122. 69.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,48,12 69.24 (1) (c) Willfully and knowingly supplies any false information with the intent that the information be used in the preparation of a birth or death certificate record or the amendment of a birth or death certificate record.

AB898,123 Section 123. 69.24 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,48,16 69.24 (1) (d) Counterfeits or, without authorization, makes, alters or amends any birth or death certificate record required by this subchapter or a certified copy of such certificate record.

AB898,124 Section 124. 69.24 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,48,19 69.24 (1) (e) Mutilates or destroys an original birth or death certificate record filed under this subchapter.

AB898,125 Section 125. 69.24 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,48,24 69.24 (1) (h) As a public officer or public employee, furnishes or processes a birth or death certificate record or a certified copy of a birth or death certificate record with the knowledge or intention that the certificate record or copy will be used for the purpose of deception.

AB898,126 Section 126. 69.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,49,4 69.24 (2) (a) Willfully and knowingly commits any of the actions prohibited under sub. (1) in relation to a records of marriage document, divorce report, declaration of domestic partnership, or certificate of termination of domestic partnership.

AB898,127 Section 127. 69.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,49,9 69.24 (2) (b) Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required under this subchapter for any part of a birth certificate record which is not designated as the part for statistical or medical and statistical use or for a death certificate record.

AB898,128 Section 128. 100.545 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,49,12 100.545 (1) (h) 2. A certified or official copy of a birth certificate record issued by the entity authorized to issue the birth certificate record.

AB898,129 Section 129. 103.34 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,49,20 103.34 (3) (a) 3. The names and permanent home addresses of the proprietors, managing partners, managers, or principal officers of the applicant, together with proof of identification of those individuals, which may be in the form of a birth certificate record, a valid operator's license issued under ch. 343 or under a comparable law of another state that contains a photograph of the license holder, or an identification card issued under s. 343.50 or under a comparable law of another state that contains a photograph of the person identified.

AB898,130 Section 130. 103.73 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,50,9 103.73 (1) (a) Such evidence as is required by the department showing the age of the minor. The department shall promulgate rules governing the proof of age of minors who apply for labor permits that shall bind all persons authorized by law to issue such permits. In promulgating those rules, the department shall include a requirement that the department and its permit officers shall accept as evidence of a minor's age a duly attested birth certificate record, a verified baptismal certificate, a valid operator's license issued under ch. 343 that contains the photograph of the license holder or an identification card issued under s. 343.50. Those rules shall also require the department and its permit officers to accept as evidence of a minor's age a valid operator's license issued under ch. 343 that contains the photograph of the license holder or an identification card issued under s. 343.50 without requiring proof that the minor's birth certificate record or baptismal certificate cannot be secured.

AB898,131 Section 131. 103.76 of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 11, is amended to read:

AB898,50,22 103.76 Proof of age in court. Whenever in any proceeding in any court under any of the labor laws or under ch. 102 there is any doubt of the age of a minor or as to whether an individual is a minor, a permit authorizing the employment of the minor issued under s. 103.70 or an age certificate issued under s. 103.75 shall be conclusive evidence. In the absence of such permit or certificate, a birth certificate record, a verified baptismal certificate, a valid operator's license issued under ch. 343 that contains the photograph of the license holder, or an identification card issued under s. 343.50 shall be produced and filed with the court. Upon proof that the birth certificate record, baptismal certificate, operator's license or identification card cannot be secured, the record of age stated in the first school enrollment of the child shall be admissible as evidence of age.

AB898,132 Section 132. 214.37 (4) (k) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,51,3 214.37 (4) (k) 2. A certified copy of the depositor's death certificate record. If the savings bank already possesses a certified copy of the depositor's death certificate record, this subdivision does not apply.

AB898,133 Section 133. 215.26 (8) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,51,7 215.26 (8) (e) 2. Submits a certified copy of the saver's death certificate record. If the association already possesses a certified copy of the saver's death certificate record, this subdivision does not apply.

AB898,134 Section 134. 343.125 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,51,11 343.125 (2) (a) 2. A birth certificate record bearing an official seal or other mark of authentication and issued by a state, county, or municipality within the United States or by a territory or possession of the United States.

AB898,135 Section 135. 343.14 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,51,17 343.14 (2r) Notwithstanding sub. (2j), the department may, upon request, provide to the department of health services any applicant information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in sub. (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole purpose of verification by the department of health services of birth certificate record information.

AB898,136 Section 136. 343.50 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,51,24 343.50 (8) (c) 2. Notwithstanding par. (b) and s. 343.14 (2j), the department may, upon request, provide to the department of health services any applicant information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in s. 343.14 (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole purpose of verification by the department of health services of birth certificate record information.

AB898,137 Section 137. 445.13 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,52,3 445.13 (1m) (a) Mail or present a death certificate record within 10 days after receipt from the person responsible for completing the medical certification under s. 69.18 (2).

AB898,138 Section 138. 445.13 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,52,6 445.13 (1m) (b) Within any period of 180 days, mail or present 6 or more death certificates records within the 2-day time limit under s. 69.18 (1) (bm).

AB898,139 Section 139. 711.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,52,8 711.05 (1) (b) A certified copy of the death certificate record of the user.

AB898,140 Section 140. 711.12 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,52,11 711.12 (7) (a) If the user is deceased, a certified copy of the death certificate record of the user.

AB898,141 Section 141. 765.002 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,52,15 765.002 (4) In this chapter, “marriage document” is that document record consisting of the marriage license, the marriage certificate and the confidential information collected for statistical purposes only.

AB898,142 Section 142. 765.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,52,25 765.09 (3) (b) Each applicant for a marriage license shall exhibit to the clerk a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and each applicant shall submit a copy of any judgment or death certificate record affecting the applicant's marital status. If any applicable birth certificate record, death certificate record or judgment is unobtainable, other satisfactory documentary proof of the requisite facts therein may be presented in lieu of the birth certificate record, death certificate record or judgment. Whenever the clerk is not satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she shall submit the presented proof to a judge of a court of record in the county of application for an opinion as to its sufficiency.

AB898,143 Section 143. 767.80 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,53,8 767.80 (6m) When action must be commenced. The attorney designated under sub. (6) (a) shall commence an action under this section on behalf of the state within 6 months after receiving notification under s. 69.03 (15) that no father is named on the birth certificate record of a child who is a resident of the county if paternity has not been acknowledged under s. 767.805 (1) or a substantially similar law of another state or adjudicated, except in situations under s. 69.14 (1) (g) and (h) and as provided by the department by rule.

AB898,144 Section 144. 767.803 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,53,19 767.803 Determination of marital children. If the father and mother of a nonmarital child enter into a lawful marriage or a marriage which appears and they believe is lawful, except where the parental rights of the mother were terminated before either of these circumstances, the child becomes a marital child, is entitled to a change in birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b), and shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges of a marital child as if he or she had been born during the marriage of the parents. This section applies to all cases before, on, or after its effective date, but no estate already vested shall be divested by this section and ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 852.05. The children of all marriages declared void under the law are nevertheless marital children.

AB898,145 Section 145. 767.805 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,54,2 767.805 (5) (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male is not the father of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub. (4) with respect to the male. The court or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15 (1) (b), to remove the male's name as the father of the child from the child's birth certificate record. No paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male with respect to the child.

AB898,146 Section 146. 767.805 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,54,6 767.805 (6) (c) The notice requirements under s. 69.15 (3) (b) 3. apply to this section beginning with forms for the acknowledgment acknowledgements of paternity that are prescribed by the state registrar on April 1, 1998.

AB898,147 Section 147. 767.87 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,54,12 767.87 (1m) Birth record required. (intro.) If the child was born in this state, the petitioner shall present a certified copy of the child's birth certificate record or a printed copy of the record from the birth database of the state registrar to the court, so that the court is aware of whether a name has been inserted on the birth certificate record as the father of the child, at the earliest possible of the following:

AB898,148 Section 148. 767.89 (2) (b) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB898,54,15 767.89 (2) (b) 1. A fee for omitting the father's name on a birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 1.

AB898,54,17 2. A fee for changing the father's name on a birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 2.

AB898,54,19 3. A fee for inserting the father's name on a birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (a) 3.

AB898,149 Section 149. 770.07 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,55,4 770.07 (1) (d) 2. Each applicant shall exhibit to the clerk a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and each applicant shall submit a copy of any judgment, certificate of termination of domestic partnership, or death certificate record affecting the domestic partnership status. If any applicable birth certificate record, death certificate record, notice of termination of domestic partnership, or judgment is unobtainable, other satisfactory documentary proof may be presented instead. Whenever the clerk is not satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she shall submit the proof, for an opinion as to its sufficiency, to a judge of a court of record in the county of application.

AB898,150 Section 150. 770.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,55,12 770.10 Completion and filing of declaration. In order to form the legal status of domestic partners, the individuals shall, within 30 days after the clerk issues a declaration of domestic partnership under s. 770.07 (2), complete the declaration of domestic partnership, sign the declaration, having their signatures acknowledged before a notary, and submit the declaration to the register of deeds of the county in which they reside. The register of deeds shall record the declaration and forward the original to the state registrar of vital statistics records.

AB898,151 Section 151. 770.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,55,21 770.12 (3) Upon receiving a completed, signed, and notarized notice of termination of domestic partnership, the affidavit under sub. (1) (b) if required, and the fee under s. 770.17, the county clerk shall issue to the domestic partner filing the notice of termination a certificate record of termination of domestic partnership. The domestic partner shall submit the certificate record of termination of domestic partnership to the register of deeds of the county in which the declaration of domestic partnership is recorded. The register of deeds shall record the certificate record and forward the original to the state registrar of vital statistics records.

AB898,152 Section 152. 786.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB898,56,9 786.36 (2) Except as provided in sub. (2m), the order shall be entered at length upon the records of the court and a certified copy of the record shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county, who shall make an entry in a book to be kept by the register. The fee for recording a certified copy is the fee specified under s. 59.43 (2) (ag). If the person whose name is changed or established was born or married in this state, the clerk of the court shall send to the state registrar of vital statistics records, on a form designed by the state registrar of vital statistics records, an abstract of the record, duly certified, accompanied by the fee prescribed in s. 69.22, which fee the clerk of court shall charge to and collect from the petitioner. The state registrar of vital statistics records shall then correct the birth record, marriage record or both, and direct the register of deeds and local registrar to make similar corrections on their records.