AB687: Bill Text

AB687,46,15 706.01 (7) "Homestead", as used in this chapter, means the dwelling, and so much of the land surrounding it as is reasonably necessary for use of the dwelling as a home, but not less than one-fourth acre, if available, and not exceeding 40 acres.

Note: Deletes redundant phrase.

AB687,126 Section 126. 753.06 (2) (a), (5) (b), (6) (c) and (e), (7) (f) and (h), (9) (f) and (10) (am), (d) and (k) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB687,46,19 753.06 (2) (a) Kenosha County. The circuit has 7 branches. Commencing August 1, 2009, the circuit has 8 branches.

AB687,46,21 (5) (b) Green County. The circuit has one branch. Commencing August 1, 2009, the circuit has 2 branches.

AB687,47,2 (6) (c) Dodge County. The circuit has 3 branches. Commencing August 1, 2008, the circuit has 4 branches.

AB687,47,4 (e) Juneau County. The circuit has one branch. Commencing August 1, 2008, the circuit has 2 branches.

AB687,47,6 (7) (f) La Crosse County. The circuit has 4 branches. Commencing August 1, 1999, the circuit has 5 branches.

AB687,47,8 (h) Monroe County. The circuit has 2 branches. Commencing August 1, 2010, the circuit has 3 branches.

AB687,47,10 (9) (f) Lincoln County. The circuit has one branch. Commencing August 1, 1999, the circuit has 2 branches.

AB687,47,12 (10) (am) Barron County. The circuit has 2 branches. Commencing August 1, 2008, the circuit has 3 branches.

AB687,47,14 (d) Chippewa County. The circuit has 2 branches. Commencing August 1, 2008, the circuit has 3 branches.

AB687,47,16 (k) St. Croix County. The circuit has 3 branches. Commencing August 1, 2008, the circuit has 4 branches.

Note: Removes obsolete transition provisions.

AB687,127 Section 127. 758.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,47,21 758.01 (2) The supreme court may establish and charge fees for photocopying, microfilm copying, books, generation of copies of documents from optical disk disc or electronic storage, computer services, and other services provided by the state law library. The fees are subject to the cost limitations under ss. 19.35 (3) and 20.908.

AB687,128 Section 128. 766.56 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,48,2 766.56 (2) (a) The recording, under s. 59.43 (1) (1c) (r), of a marital property agreement or a unilateral statement or revocation under s. 766.59 does not constitute actual or constructive notice to 3rd parties. This paragraph does not affect the application of ch. 706.

Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 59.43 (1) by this bill.

AB687,129 Section 129. 766.58 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,48,6 766.58 (11) Married persons or persons intending to marry each other may record a marital property agreement in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1) (1c) (r).

Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 59.43 (1) by this bill.

AB687,130 Section 130. 766.59 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,48,9 766.59 (2) (c) The executing spouse may record the statement in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1) (1c) (r).

Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 59.43 (1) by this bill.

AB687,131 Section 131. 766.59 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,48,15 766.59 (4) A statement may be revoked in writing by the executing spouse. The revoking spouse shall notify the other spouse of the revocation by personally delivering a copy to the other spouse or by sending a copy by certified mail to the other spouse's last-known address. The revoking spouse may record the revocation in the county register of deeds office under s. 59.43 (1) (1c) (r).

Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 59.43 (1) by this bill.

AB687,132 Section 132. 779.97 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,48,20 779.97 (4) (a) 2. Any other officer described in sub. (2), the officer shall make the endorsements required under s. 59.43 (1) (1c) (e) and (f) and forthwith file or record the notice and enter it in the index under s. 59.43 (9). Notices under this subdivision are subject to s. 59.43 (4) (a).

Note: Amends cross-reference consistent with the renumbering of s. 59.43 (1) by this bill.

AB687,133 Section 133. 779.97 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,49,12 779.97 (4) (b) 2. If a certificate of release is presented to the department of financial institutions for filing, the filing officer shall cause the certificate to be dealt with in accordance with s. 409.513 as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of chs. 401 to 411, and the filing officer may remove the notice of federal lien and any related refiling of a notice of lien, certificate of nonattachment, discharge, or subordination from the files at any time after receipt of the certificate of release, but the department of financial institutions shall keep the certificate of release or a microfilm or other photographic record or optical disk disc or electronic record of the certificate of release in a file, separate from those containing currently effective notices of liens, for a period of 30 years after the date of filing of the certificate of release.

AB687,134 Section 134. 801.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,49,16 801.01 (1) Kinds. Proceedings in the courts are divided into actions and special proceedings. "Action", as used in In chs. 801 to 847, "action" includes "special proceeding" unless a specific provision of procedure in special proceedings exists.

Note: Restructures section consistent with current style for definitions.

AB687,135 Section 135. 851.065 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,49,20 851.065 Devise. "Devise"," when used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of any real or personal property by will. "Devise "," when used as a verb, means to dispose of any real or personal property by will.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,136 Section 136. 851.72 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,50,6 851.72 (2) Keep a court record of every proceeding in the court under chs. 54 and 851 to 879 under its proper title, a brief statement of the nature of the proceeding and of all papers filed therein, with the date of filing and a reference to where minute records can be found or to the microfilm or optical disk disc or electronic file where papers have been stored so that the court record is a complete index or brief history of each proceeding from beginning to final disposition.

AB687,137 Section 137. 851.72 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,50,10 851.72 (5) Keep an alphabetical index to the court record and the file containing the original documents or microfilm, optical disk disc, or electronic copies thereof.

AB687,138 Section 138. 853.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,50,22 853.09 (2) Duty of register in probate. The register in probate shall issue a receipt for the deposit of the will and shall maintain a registry of all wills deposited. The original will, unless withdrawn under sub. (3) or opened in accordance with s. 856.03 after death of the testator, shall be kept on file for the period provided in SCR chapter 72; thereafter the register may either retain the original will or open the envelope, copy or reproduce the will for confidential record storage purposes by microfilm, optical disk disc, electronic format, or other method of comparable retrievability and destroy the original. If satisfactorily identified, the reproduction is admissible in court for probate or any other purpose the same as the original document. Wills deposited with the county judge under s. 238.15, 1967 stats., shall be transferred to the register in probate and become subject to this section.

AB687,139 Section 139. 889.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,51,16 889.29 (1) If any business, institution, or member of a profession or calling in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, or other process which that accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, or to be recorded on an optical disk disc or in electronic format, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business, unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction or optical disk disc record, when reduced to comprehensible format and when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction of a record or an enlarged copy of a record generated from an original record stored in optical disk disc or electronic format is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original. No such record is inadmissible solely because it is in electronic format.

AB687,140 Section 140. 938.02 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,51,22 938.02 (2m) "Court"," when used without further qualification, means the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 or, when used with reference to a juvenile who is subject to s. 938.183, a court of criminal jurisdiction or, when used with reference to a juvenile who is subject to s. 938.17 (2), a municipal court.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,141 Section 141. 938.02 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,52,5 938.02 (10) "Judge"," if used without further qualification, means the judge of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 48 or, if used with reference to a juvenile who is subject to s. 938.183, the judge of the court of criminal jurisdiction or, when used with reference to a juvenile who is subject to s. 938.17 (2), the judge of the municipal court.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,142 Section 142. 938.02 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,52,11 938.02 (10m) "Juvenile"," when used without further qualification, means a person who is less than 18 years of age, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "juvenile" does not include a person who has attained 17 years of age.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,143 Section 143. 938.299 (10) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB687,52,13 938.299 (10) (title) Indian juvenile; notice.

Note: The other subsections in s. 938.299 have titles.

AB687,144 Section 144. 943.47 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,52,19 943.47 (1) (a) "Encrypt"," when used with respect to satellite cable programming, means to transmit that programming in a form whereby the aural or visual characteristics or both are altered to prevent the unauthorized reception of that programming by persons without authorized equipment which is designed to eliminate the effects of that alteration.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,145 Section 145. 967.02 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 967.02 (1p).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order.

AB687,146 Section 146. 967.02 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 967.02 (1d).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order.

AB687,147 Section 147. 967.02 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 967.02 (1h).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order.

AB687,148 Section 148. 967.02 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 967.02 (2m).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order.

AB687,149 Section 149. 967.02 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 967.02 (1t).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order.

AB687,150 Section 150. 967.02 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 967.02 (3m).

Note: Places definition in alphabetical order.

AB687,151 Section 151. 968.27 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,53,8 968.27 (3) "Contents," when used with respect to any wire, electronic, or oral communication, includes any information concerning the substance, purport, or meaning of that communication.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,152 Section 152. 972.15 (1m) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: No other subsections in s. 972.15 have titles.

AB687,153 Section 153. 978.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,53,13 978.07 (1) (a) Any district attorney record, after it has first been microfilmed or transferred to optical disk disc or electronic storage and preserved in accordance with s. 16.61.

AB687,154 Section 154. 985.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,53,17 985.01 (4) "Proceedings"," when published in newspapers, mean the substance of every official action taken by a local governing body at any meeting, regular or special.

Note: Conforms punctuation to current style.

AB687,155 Section 155. 990.01 (25g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,54,3 990.01 (25g) Optical disk disc. "Optical disk disc" means a rotating circular plate on which information or images are placed in storage, and which is recorded and read by laser beams focused on the plate.

AB687,156 Section 156. 990.01 (25r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB687,54,6 990.01 (25r) Optical imaging. "Optical imaging" means transferring to a format employing an optical disk disc.

AB687,157 Section 157. 990.01 (30m) of the statutes is amended to read: