AB232: Bill Text

LRB-2735/1

MES:kmg&jld:jf

2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 232

March 20, 2001 - Introduced by Committee on State and Local Finance (Select). Referred to Committee on State and Local Finance (Select).

AB232,1,2 An Act to amend 59.43 (2) (b) of the statutes; relating to: fees charged by a register of deeds for certifying copies of documents.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a register of deeds is authorized to charge a fee to provide copies of documents that are recorded in his or her office, and he or she is also authorized to charge a fee to certify the copies. Currently, the copying fees are $2 for the first page of a document and $1 for each additional page, plus 25 cents to certify the copy of the document. None of these fees applies to the department of revenue, however.

This bill increases the certification fee to $1.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB232, s. 1 Section 1. 59.43 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB232,1,6 59.43 (2) (b) For copies of any records or papers, $2 for the first page plus $1 for each additional page, plus 25 cents $1 for the certificate of the register of deeds, except that the department of revenue is exempt from the fees under this paragraph.

AB232, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

AB232,2,3 (1) This act first applies to copies that are certified on the effective date of this subsection.

AB232,2,4 (End)