AB723: Bill Text

AB723,4,25 2. In the event of conflict in the statutes regarding recording fees, subd. 1. shall control.

AB723, s. 6 Section 6 . 59.43 (2) (ag) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB723,5,8 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. For recording any instrument entitled to be recorded in the office of register of deeds, $8 for the first page if the county maintains a land information office under s. 59.72 (3) and $4 for the first page if the county does not maintain such an office, and $2 for each additional page, except that no fee may be collected for recording a change of address that is exempt from a filing fee under s. 185.83 (1) (b).

AB723,5,10 2. In the event of conflict in the statutes regarding recording fees, subd. 1. shall control.

AB723, s. 7 Section 7. 59.43 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27 and 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB723,5,15 59.43 (2) (e) Subject to s. 59.72 (5), for filing any instrument which is entitled to be filed in the office of register of deeds and for which no other specific fee is specified, $11 for the first page and $2 for each additional page.

AB723, s. 8 Section 8 . 59.43 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB723,5,21 59.43 (2) (e) For filing any instrument which is entitled to be filed in the office of register of deeds and for which no other specific fee is specified, $8 for the first page if the county maintains a land information office under s. 59.72 (3) and $4 for the first page if the county does not maintain such an office, and $2 for each additional page.

AB723, s. 9 Section 9. 59.72 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is repealed and recreated to read:

AB723,6,2 59.72 (5) Land record modernization funding. (a) Before the 16th day of each month a register of deeds shall submit to the land information board $7 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).

AB723,6,5 (b) A county may retain $5 of the $7 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:

AB723,6,6 1. The county has established a land information office under sub. (3).

AB723,6,9 2. A land information office has been established for less than 2 years or has received approval for a countywide plan for land records modernization under sub. (3) (b).

AB723,6,15 3. The county uses $4 of each $5 fee retained under this paragraph to develop, implement, and maintain the countywide plan for land records modernization, and $1 of each $5 fee retained under this paragraph to develop and maintain a computerized indexing of the county's land information records relating to housing, including the housing element of the county's land use plan under s. 66.1001 (2) (b), in a manner that would allow for greater public access through use of the Internet.

AB723, s. 10 Section 10 . 59.72 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27 and 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB723,6,21 59.72 (5) Land record modernization funding. A county that establishes a land information office shall use $4 of the $8 per page received under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. and (e) to develop, implement, and maintain a countywide plan for land records modernization.

AB723, s. 11 Section 11. 134.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB723,6,24 134.17 (4) For each recording, the register of deeds shall receive the fee specified for filing recording under s. 59.43 (2) (ag).

AB723, s. 12 Section 12. 185.42 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB723,7,8 185.42 (2) The register of deeds, upon payment of the fee specified under s. 59.43 (2) (e) (ag), shall number each contract consecutively and shall record it. The register of deeds shall enter the name of every member-maker of such a contract alphabetically in a book to be kept for that purpose. He or she shall place members and cooperatives under a separate head and shall state in separate columns, opposite each name, the number of the contract, the date of the filing, and a brief description of the products, goods or services covered by such contract in the real estate records index under s. 59.43 (9).

AB723, s. 13 Section 13. 409.519 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

AB723,7,11 409.519 (9) Inapplicability to real-property-related filing office. Subsection (2) does not apply to a filing office described in s. 409.501 (1) (a).

AB723, s. 14 Section 14. 409.523 (3) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 10, is amended to read:

AB723,7,16 409.523 (3) Communication of requested information. (intro.) The filing office described in s. 409.501 (1) (b) shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:

AB723, s. 15 Section 15 . 409.528 of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB723, s. 16 Section 16. 409.528 (1) (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 10, is repealed.

AB723, s. 17 Section 17. 409.528 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 10, is renumbered 409.528.

AB723, s. 18 Section 18. 409.528 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 10, is repealed.

AB723, s. 19 Section 19. 779.97 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB723,8,2 779.97 (5) (a) 1. For a lien on real estate , $10 or an amendment to a lien on real estate, a fee equal to the fee under s. 59.43 (2) (ag).

AB723, s. 20 Section 20. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9456 (3m), as last amended by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB723,8,12 [1997 Wisconsin Act 27] Section 9456 (3m) Elimination of land information board and Wisconsin land council. The treatment of sections 15.07 (1) (b) 16., 15.105 (16), 16.968 (by Section 142am), 20.505 (1) (title) (by Section 666h), 20.505 (1) (ka) (by Section 669am), 23.27 (3) (a) (by Section 769ad), 23.325 (1) (a), 36.09 (1) (e), 36.25 (12m) (intro.), 59.72 (1) (a) and (b), (3) (intro.), (a) and (b) and (5) and 92.10 (4) (a) of the statutes, the repeal of sections 16.966 (1), (2) and (4), 16.967, 20.505 (1) (ie), (ig), (ij) and (ks), 23.32 (2) (d), 59.43 (1) (u) and 59.72 (1) (am), (3) (c) and (4) of the statutes and Section 9101 (1) of this act take effect on September 1, 2003.

AB723, s. 21 Section 21. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB723,8,17 (1) Filing fees. The repeal of section 59.43 (1) (um) of the statutes and the repeal and recreation of sections 59.43 (2) (ag) (by Section 6) and (e) (by Section 8) and 59.72 (5) (by Section 10 ) of the statutes take effect on September 1, 2003.

AB723,8,19 (2) Statewide lien registration system. The repeal of section 409.528 (by Section 15) of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2008.

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