The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB727, s. 1 1Section 1. 16.967 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,3,42 16.967 (3) (f) Review reports received under s. 59.72 (2) (b) and determine
3whether county expenditures of funds received under sub. (7) and s. 59.72 (5) (b) have
4been made for authorized purposes.
AB727, s. 2 5Section 2. 16.967 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,3,66 16.967 (3) (g) Post reports received under s. 59.72 (2) (b) on the Internet.
AB727, s. 3 7Section 3. 16.967 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,3,148 16.967 (7) (a) (intro.) A county board that has established a county land
9information office under s. 59.72 (3) may apply to the department on behalf of any
10local governmental unit, as defined in s. 59.72 (1) (c), located wholly or partially
11within the county for a grant for any of the following projects, except that a county
12shall complete the project under subd. 1. and make the land information system
13accessible on the Internet before the county may expend any grant moneys under this
14paragraph for any other purpose
:
AB727, s. 4 15Section 4. 16.967 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,4,616 16.967 (7m) Suspension of aid. If the department determines that grants
17under sub. (7) or retained fees under s. 59.72 (5) (b) have been used for unauthorized
18purposes, the department shall notify the county or local governmental unit of the
19determination. The notice shall include a listing of unauthorized expenditures. The

1county or local governmental unit shall have not less than 30 days to contest the
2determination or resolve the unauthorized expenditures. If the unauthorized
3expenditures are not resolved in a manner acceptable to the department, the
4department may suspend the eligibility of the county or local governmental unit that
5made unauthorized expenditures to receive further grants or to retain further fee
6revenues.
AB727, s. 5 7Section 5. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,4,128 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. Subject to s. 59.72 (5) and except as provided in par. (L), for
9recording any instrument entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds,
10$11 for the first page and $2 for each additional page $25, except that no fee may be
11collected for recording a change of address that is exempt from a filing fee under s.
12185.83 (1) (b) or 193.111 (1) (b).
AB727, s. 6 13Section 6. 59.43 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,4,1714 59.43 (2) (e) Subject to s. 59.72 (5) and except as provided in par. (L), for filing
15any instrument which is entitled to be filed in the office of register of deeds and for
16which no other specific fee is specified, $11 for the first page and $2 for each
17additional page
$25.
AB727, s. 7 18Section 7. 59.43 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,4,2019 59.43 (2) (i) For Except as provided in par. (L), for recording certificates and for
20preparing and mailing documents under s. 867.045 or 867.046, $25.
AB727, s. 8 21Section 8. 59.43 (2) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,5,222 59.43 (2) (L) For recording any instrument under par. (ag), filing any
23instrument under par. (e), and recording certificates and preparing and mailing
24documents under par. (i), $30 if the county uses $5 of each $30 fee received under this

1paragraph to redact social security numbers from electronic format records under
2sub. (4) (c) and s. 59.72 (6), until the earliest of the following:
AB727,5,43 1. Completion of the redaction of social security numbers from electronic format
4records under sub. (4) (c) and s. 59.72 (6).
AB727,5,95 2. Unless the register of deeds has been granted an extension by the
6department of administration, January 1, 2012. The register of deeds may request
7the department of administration to extend the time period under this subdivision
8by one year. The department of administration may grant the extension and may
9renew the extension for additional one-year periods.
AB727,5,1010 3. January 1, 2015.
AB727, s. 9 11Section 9. 59.43 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,5,1612 59.43 (4) (c) With regard to any instrument filed with or recorded by a register
13of deeds before April 1, 2006, which the register of deeds transfers to an electronic
14format as described in this subsection, the register of deeds shall make a reasonable
15effort to redact social security numbers from the transferred instrument's electronic
16format.
AB727, s. 10 17Section 10. 59.43 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,6,218 59.43 (4) (d) No later than March 31 annually, every register of deeds of a
19county that has not completed redaction of social security numbers from electronic
20format records under par. (c) shall submit to the department of administration a
21report regarding the progress made by the county during the preceding year in
22redacting social security numbers from electronic format records under par. (c),
23including a statement of the number of instruments transferred to an electronic
24format in the preceding year, the number of these instruments from which social
25security numbers were redacted in the preceding year, the number of instruments

1remaining to be reviewed for redaction, and the estimated time needed to review the
2remaining instruments for redaction.
AB727, s. 11 3Section 11. 59.72 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,6,74 59.72 (2) Duties. (a) If the county has established a county assessor system
5under s. 70.99 or maintains land records that identify the zoning classification of
6individual parcels, the board shall post on the Internet land records that identify the
7zoning classification of individual parcels.
AB727,6,128 (b) No later than March 31 following the end of any year in which a county that
9accepts a grant under s. 16.967 (7) or retains any fees under sub. (5) (b), the county
10land information office shall submit to the department of administration a report
11describing the expenditures made with the moneys derived from those grants or
12retained fees.
AB727, s. 12 13Section 12. 59.72 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,6,1914 59.72 (3) (b) Within 2 years after the land information office is established,
15develop and receive approval for a countywide plan for land records modernization.
16For any county in which land records are not fully accessible on the Internet, the plan
17shall include a goal of providing full access to land records on the Internet.
The plan
18shall be submitted for approval to the department of administration under s. 16.967
19(3) (e).
AB727, s. 13 20Section 13. 59.72 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,7,221 59.72 (3m) Land information council. (a) If the board has established a land
22information office under sub. (3), the board shall create a land information council
23consisting of not less than 7 members. The council shall consist of the register of
24deeds, the treasurer, and, if one has been appointed, the real property lister or their

1designees and the following members appointed by the board for terms prescribed
2by the board:
AB727,7,33 1. A member of the board.
AB727,7,44 2. A representative of the land information office.
AB727,7,55 3. A realtor employed within the county.
AB727,7,66 4. An emergency medical service provider employed within the county.
AB727,7,77 5. Any other members of the board or public that the board designates.
AB727,7,108 (b) The land information council shall review the priorities, needs, policies, and
9expenditures of a land information office established by the board under sub. (3) and
10advise the county on matters affecting the land information office.
AB727, s. 14 11Section 14. 59.72 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 59.72 (4) (a) and amended
12to read:
AB727,7,1513 59.72 (4) (a) A board that has established a land information office under sub.
14(3) and a land information council under sub. (3m) may apply to the department of
15administration for a grant for a land information project under s. 16.967 (7).
AB727, s. 15 16Section 15. 59.72 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,7,2017 59.72 (4) (b) A board shall use any grant received by the county under s. 16.967
18(7) (a) and any fees retained under sub. (5) (b) to design, develop, and implement a
19land information system under s. 16.967 (7) (a) 1. and to make the system accessible
20on the Internet before using these funds for any other purpose.
AB727, s. 16 21Section 16. 59.72 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,7,2522 59.72 (5) (a) Before the 16th day of each month a register of deeds shall submit
23to the department of administration $7 $10 from the fee for recording or filing the
24first page of
each instrument that is recorded or filed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e),
25less any amount retained by the county under par. (b).
AB727, s. 17
1Section 17. 59.72 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,8,52 59.72 (5) (b) (intro.) A Except as provided in s. 16.967 (7m), a county may retain
3$5 $8 of the $7 $10 submitted under par. (a) from the fee for recording or filing the
4first page of
each instrument that is recorded or filed under s. 59.43 (2) (ag) 1. or (e)
5if all of the following conditions are met:
AB727, s. 18 6Section 18. 59.72 (5) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,8,87 59.72 (5) (b) 1m. The county has created a land information council under sub.
8(3m).
AB727, s. 19 9Section 19. 59.72 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB727,8,1410 59.72 (5) (b) 3. The county uses $4 $6 of each $5 $8 fee retained under this
11paragraph to develop, implement, and maintain the countywide plan for land records
12modernization and $1 $2 of each $5 $8 fee retained under this paragraph for the
13provision of land information on the Internet, including the county's land
14information records relating to housing.
AB727, s. 20 15Section 20. 59.72 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB727,8,2116 59.72 (6) Land records modernization. With regard to land records
17modernization as described in sub. (3) (b), if a register of deeds transfers an
18instrument that was filed or recorded with the register of deeds before April 1, 2006,
19to an electronic format, as described in s. 59.43 (4), the register of deeds shall make
20a reasonable effort to redact social security numbers from the transferred
21instrument's electronic format.
AB727, s. 21 22Section 21. Initial applicability.
AB727,9,223 (1) The treatment of sections 59.43 (2) (ag) 1., (e), and (L) and (4) (c) and 59.72
24(5) (a) and (b) (intro.), 1m., and 3. and (6) of the statutes first applies to an instrument

1that is presented to a register of deeds for recording or filing, or that is transferred
2to an electronic format, on the effective date of this subsection.
AB727,9,43 (2) The treatment of sections 16.967 (7m) and 59.72 (4) (b) of the statutes first
4applies to grants received or fees retained on the effective date of this subsection.
AB727, s. 22 5Section 22. Effective date.
AB727,9,66 (1) This act takes effect on the 30th day beginning after the day of publication.
AB727,9,77 (End)
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