SB760-SSA1,8 4Section 8. 59.365 (1) (b) and (3) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,65 59.365 (1) (b) Fees assessed for the signing of a death certificate record by a
6coroner or medical examiner.
SB760-SSA1,6,16 7(3) (a) Notwithstanding subs. (1) (a) and (b) and (2), if a board that had been
8providing coroner or lay medical examiner services begins providing physician
9medical examiner services under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement
10under s. 66.0301 after December 31, 2015, and before April 1, 2016, the board may
11one time set the fee assessed for the signing of a death certificate record at an amount
12exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100 and
13may one time set the fee assessed for the issuance of a cremation permit at an amount
14exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100.
15Fees under this paragraph may be established without regard to any change in the
16U.S. consumer price index.
SB760-SSA1,9 17Section 9. 59.43 (1c) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,1918 59.43 (1c) (b) Perform the duties that are related to vital statistics records
19under ss. 69.05 and 69.07.
SB760-SSA1,10 20Section 10. 69.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,6,2421 69.01 (8) “Direction of the state registrar" means the determination in
22individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative
23rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications
24within the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,11 25Section 11. 69.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
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169.01 (10) “File" means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial
2incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital
3statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,12 4Section 12. 69.01 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,65 69.01 (11) “Filing party" means any person who submits a vital record to a local
6registrar for filing in the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,13 7Section 13. 69.01 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,98 69.01 (15) (b) The city registrar responsible for filing certificates of births or
9certificates of births and deaths
death records in his or her city.
SB760-SSA1,14 10Section 14. 69.01 (16m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,1411 69.01 (16m) “Medical certification" means those portions of a death certificate
12record that provide the cause of death, the manner of death, injury-related data, and
13any other medically-related data that is collected as prescribed by the state registrar
14under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) 2.
SB760-SSA1,15 15Section 15. 69.01 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,1716 69.01 (19) “Registrant" means the subject of a certificate record or declaration
17which a local registrar has accepted for filing in the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,16 18Section 16. 69.01 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,2119 69.01 (21) “Registration district" means a county, except that a city approved
20under s. 69.04 is a registration district for filing certificates of births or certificates
21of births and deaths
death records occurring in the city.
SB760-SSA1,17 22Section 17. 69.01 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,7,2423 69.01 (24) “State registrar" means the state registrar of vital statistics records
24appointed by the department under s. 69.02 (1) (b).
SB760-SSA1,18 25Section 18. 69.01 (25) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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169.01 (25) (intro.) “System of vital statistics” records" means:
SB760-SSA1,19 2Section 19. 69.01 (26) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,53 69.01 (26) (a) Certificates Records of birth, death, divorce or annulment, and
4termination of domestic partnership, marriage documents, and declarations of
5domestic partnership.
SB760-SSA1,20 6Section 20. 69.01 (26) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,87 69.01 (26) (c) Data related to documents records under par. (a) or worksheets
8under par. (b).
SB760-SSA1,21 9Section 21. 69.01 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1310 69.01 (27) “Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates records of
11birth, death, divorce or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership,
12marriage documents, declarations of domestic partnership, fetal death reports, or
13related reports.
SB760-SSA1,22 14Section 22. 69.02 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1515 69.02 (1) (a) Establish a unit called the office of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,23 16Section 23. 69.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1717 69.03 (2) Direct the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,24 18Section 24. 69.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,1919 69.03 (3) Supervise the office of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,25 20Section 25. 69.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,8,2321 69.03 (4) Act as custodian of all records in the office of vital statistics records
22and preserve, index and certify the records by photographic, electronic or other
23means, as determined by the state registrar.
SB760-SSA1,26 24Section 26. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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169.03 (5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of
2acceptance, and index and preserve original certificates of birth and death, original
3marriage documents, original divorce reports, original declarations of domestic
4partnership,
and original certificates of termination of records of birth, death,
5divorce, and
domestic partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20
6(3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of
7occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file
8number. Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer the paper
9original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61
10(5) or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and destroy the paper
11original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter,
12the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original
13of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the
14original vital record.
SB760-SSA1,27 15Section 27. 69.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,1716 69.03 (6) Direct any activity related to the operation of the system of vital
17statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,28 18Section 28. 69.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,2019 69.03 (7) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and
20procedures in this state in the system of vital statistics records.
SB760-SSA1,29 21Section 29. 69.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,9,2522 69.03 (11) Provide a copy or notice of Make available any vital record or
23court-ordered change of fact prepared by the state registrar under ss. 69.14 (1) (h)
24and (2) (a) and (b) 5., 69.15, 69.16 (2) and 69.19 or any authorization for an
25amendment under ss. 69.11 and 69.12 to the register of deeds of the county where the

1event which is the subject of the vital record, change of fact or amendment occurred
2and, if the event occurred in a city which is a registration district and responsible for
3registering the event, to the city registrar of the city.
SB760-SSA1,30 4Section 30. 69.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,10,115 69.03 (14) Provide hospitals with a pamphlet containing information for
6parents about birth certificates records including how to add the name of the father
7of a child whose parents were not married at any time from the conception to the birth
8of the child to the birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b) or, if the father will
9not sign an affidavit, through a paternity action; the legal significance and future
10medical advantages to the child of having the father's name inserted on the birth
11certificate record; and the availability of services under s. 49.22.
SB760-SSA1,31 12Section 31. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,10,1613 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1459.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
15who reside in that county for whom no father's name has been inserted on the
16registrant's birth certificate record within 6 months of birth.
SB760-SSA1,32 17Section 32. 69.04 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,33 18Section 33. 69.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 69.04 (1) (a) and
19amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,10,2520 69.04 (1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district
21for registration of deaths occurring in the city if the state registrar has approved the
22city for registration of births under subd. 1. and
if the state registrar determines that
23the city has staff, office space, and other resources for the proper administration of
24death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death
25records, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.
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1Section 34. 69.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,32 69.04 (2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital
3records except as provided under pars. (b) and par. (c).
SB760-SSA1,35 4Section 35. 69.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,36 5Section 36. 69.04 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,86 69.04 (2) (c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved
7by the state registrar for registering death certificates records, the office of the city
8registrar shall be the place for filing.
SB760-SSA1,37 9Section 37. 69.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,1110 69.04 (3) (a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to
11the state historical society under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.
SB760-SSA1,38 12Section 38. 69.05 (2), (3) and (3m) of the statutes are repealed.
SB760-SSA1,39 13Section 39. 69.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,1914 69.05 (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by
15photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that
16a local registrar may destroy birth certificates vital records on file for more than 365
17days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the
18state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified
19copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
SB760-SSA1,40 20Section 40. 69.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,11,2421 69.06 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
22to every original certificate records of birth and death which he or she has been
23approved to register under s. 69.04 and which is are properly presented in his or her
24office.
SB760-SSA1,41 25Section 41. 69.06 (2), (3) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.
SB760-SSA1,42
1Section 42. 69.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,42 69.07 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
3to every original vital record properly records presented in his or her office under this
4chapter
.
SB760-SSA1,43 5Section 43. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,44 6Section 44. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,87 69.08 (1) Is on a form prepared in the method prescribed or supplied for the
8record
by the state registrar.
SB760-SSA1,45 9Section 45. 69.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,1210 69.08 (2) Is prepared on a typewriter with unworn black ribbon in the method
11prescribed
or is printed legibly in black permanent ink applied directly to the form
12paper.
SB760-SSA1,46 13Section 46. 69.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,1514 69.08 (3) Supplies all items of information required by the form or gives a
15reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item.
SB760-SSA1,47 16Section 47. 69.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,1917 69.08 (5) Contains the electronic signatures which are required on the form
18and which are or signatures written in black permanent ink applied directly to the
19form paper.
SB760-SSA1,48 20Section 48. 69.08 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,49 21Section 49. 69.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,12,2222 69.08 (7) Contains the dated electronic signature of the local registrar.
SB760-SSA1,50 23Section 50. 69.10 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
24renumbered 69.10 (1) and amended to read:
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169.10 (1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject
2of a vital record: (b) The, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error
3in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent.
SB760-SSA1,51 4Section 51. 69.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,52 5Section 52. 69.11 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,13,96 69.11 (3) (b) 1. Name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parents' surnames and
7marital status of parents, if the vital record is a birth certificate record and if the
8amendment is accompanied by a statement which the filing party has submitted to
9support the amendment.
SB760-SSA1,53 10Section 53. 69.11 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,13,1311 69.11 (3) (b) 2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death certificate record
12and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement that the person who signed the
13medical certification has submitted to support the amendment.
SB760-SSA1,54 14Section 54. 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,13,1715 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) The following, on a form supplied prepared in the method
16prescribed
by the state registrar, may request the state registrar to act under this
17subsection:
SB760-SSA1,55 18Section 55. 69.11 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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