SB444, s. 1 Section 1. 15.405 (2) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, are amended to read:

SB444,7,13 15.405 (2) Examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors. (intro.) There is created an examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors in the department of safety and professional services. Any professional member appointed to the examining board shall be registered or licensed to practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, the design of engineering systems, or professional land surveying under ch. 443. The examining board shall consist of the following members appointed for 4-year terms: 3 architects, 3 landscape architects, 3 professional engineers, 3 designers, 3 professional land surveyors, and 10 public members.

SB444,8,2 (a) In operation, the examining board shall be divided into an architect section, a landscape architect section, an engineer section, a designer section , and a professional land surveyor section. Each section shall consist of the 3 members of the named profession appointed to the examining board and 2 public members appointed to the section. The examining board shall elect its own officers, and shall meet at least twice annually.

SB444,8,7 (b) All matters pertaining to passing upon the qualifications of applicants for and the granting or revocation of registration or licensure, and all other matters of interest to either the architect, landscape architect, engineer, designer, or professional land surveyor section shall be acted upon solely by the interested section.

SB444, s. 2 Section 2. 20.165 (2) (j) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is amended to read:

SB444,8,19 20.165 (2) (j) Safety and building operations. The amounts in the schedule for the purposes of chs. 101, 145, and 168 and ss. 167.35, 236.12 (2) (a) (ap), 236.13 (1) (d) and (2m), and 236.335, for the purpose of transferring the amounts in the schedule under par. (kg) to the appropriation account under par. (kg), and for the purpose of transferring the amounts in the schedule under par. (km) to the appropriation account under par. (km). All moneys received under ch. 145, ss. 101.177 (4) (a) 4., 101.178, 101.19, 101.63 (9), 101.654 (3), 101.73 (12), 101.82 (4), 101.955 (2), 101.973 (7), 167.35 (2) (f), and 236.12 (7) and all moneys transferred under 2005 Wisconsin Act 45, section 76 (6), shall be credited to this appropriation account.

SB444, s. 3 Section 3. 26.09 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,9,2 26.09 (3) (b) 1. A court shall award damages that equal the stumpage value of the raw forest products harvested if the person harvesting the raw forest products or the person giving consent for the harvesting reasonably relied upon a recorded survey that was done by a person who is registered licensed under ch. 443 as a professional land surveyor or who is issued a permit to engage in the practice of professional land surveying under s. 443.06 even if the recorded survey is determined, after the harvesting, to be in error.

SB444, s. 4 Section 4. 30.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,9,15 30.11 (3) How established. Whenever any municipality proposes to establish a bulkhead line or to reestablish an existing bulkhead line, the municipality shall indicate both the existing shore and the proposed bulkhead line upon a map and shall file with the department for its approval 6 copies of the map and 6 copies of the ordinance establishing the bulkhead line. The map shall use a scale of not less than 100 feet to an inch or any other scale required by the department. The map and a metes and bounds description of the bulkhead line shall be prepared by a professional land surveyor registered in this state licensed under ch. 443. The department may require the installation of permanent reference markers to the bulkhead line. Upon approval by the department, the municipality shall deliver the map, description, and ordinance to the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the bulkhead line lies, to be recorded by the register of deeds.

SB444, s. 5 Section 5. 30.13 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,9,24 30.13 (3) (a) Any municipality authorized by s. 30.11 to establish a bulkhead line may also establish a pierhead line in the same manner as it is authorized to establish a bulkhead line, except that a metes and bounds legal description is not required nor is the map required to be prepared by a registered professional land surveyor licensed under ch. 443 and except that if the municipality has created a board of harbor commissioners the municipality must obtain the approval of the board concerning the establishment of the pierhead line in addition to obtaining the approval of the department.

SB444, s. 6 Section 6. 59.001 (3r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB444,10,2 59.001 (3r) "Professional land surveyor" means a professional land surveyor licensed under ch. 443.

SB444, s. 7 Section 7. 59.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,10,9 59.20 (2) (c) In counties that elect a surveyor, the surveyor shall be a registered professional land surveyor. In lieu of electing a surveyor in any county having a population of less than 500,000, the board may, by resolution, designate that the duties under ss. 59.45 (1) and 59.74 (2) be performed by any registered professional land surveyor employed by the county. Any surveyor employed by a county having a population of 500,000 or more shall be a professional land surveyor.

SB444, s. 8 Section 8. 59.43 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,10,20 59.43 (8) Required signature and seal on survey document for filing or recording. It is unlawful for the register of deeds of any county or any proper public authority to file or record a map, plat, survey, or other document within the definition of the practice of professional land surveying under s. 443.01 (6s), which does not have impressed thereon, and affixed thereto, the personal signature and seal of a registered professional land surveyor under whose responsible charge the map, plat, survey, or other document was prepared. This subsection does not apply to any deed, contract, or other recordable document prepared by an attorney, or to a transportation project plat that conforms to s. 84.095 and that is prepared by a state agency.

SB444, s. 9 Section 9. 59.45 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,11,8 59.45 (1) (a) 2. Make, personally or by a deputy, a record, in books or on drawings and plats that are kept for that purpose, of all corners that are set and the manner of fixing the corners and of all bearings and the distances of all courses run, of each survey made personally, by deputies or by other professional land surveyors and arrange or index the record so it is an easy to use easy-to-use reference and file and preserve in the office the original field notes and calculation thereof. Within 60 days after completing any survey, the county surveyor shall make a true and correct copy of the foregoing record, in record books or on reproducible papers to be furnished by the county and kept in files in the office of the county surveyor to be provided by the county. In a county with a population of 500,000 or more where there is no county surveyor, a copy of the record shall also be filed in the office of the regional planning commission which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county.

SB444, s. 10 Section 10. 59.45 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,11,16 59.45 (1) (b) Surveys for individuals or corporations may be performed by any professional land surveyor who is employed by the parties requiring the services, providing that within 60 days after completing any survey the professional land surveyor files a true and correct copy of the survey in the office of the county surveyor. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more the copy shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds and in the office of the regional planning commission which acts in the capacity of county surveyor for the county.

SB444, s. 11 Section 11. 59.45 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,11,20 59.45 (3) Surveyor; fees. In addition to the regular fees of professional land surveyors that are received from the parties employing the county surveyor, the county surveyor may receive a salary from the county.

SB444, s. 12 Section 12. 59.46 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,11,25 59.46 Penalty for nonfeasance. Any county surveyor, any city, village, or town engineer, or any professional land surveyor who fails or refuses to perform any duty required of that person by law shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $50 for each such failure or refusal.

SB444, s. 13 Section 13. 59.72 (3m) (a) 4m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB444,12,3 59.72 (3m) (a) 4m. The county surveyor or a registered professional land surveyor employed within the county.

SB444, s. 14 Section 14. 59.73 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: