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AB598,7,2217 703.09 (4) Assignment of declarant's interest. A declarant may assign his or
18her rights and obligations as a declarant under this chapter by recording an
19amendment to the declaration that includes the assignment and an acceptance of the
20assignment that is signed by the assignee and acknowledged. A declarant may not
21assign under this subsection less than all of his or her rights and obligations as a
22declarant under this chapter.
AB598,18 23Section 18 . 703.093 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,8,524 703.093 (1) As an alternative to s. 703.09 (2), a condominium declaration may
25be amended under this section if at least two-thirds of the aggregate of the votes

1established under s. 703.09 (1) (f), or a greater percentage if provided in the
2declaration, consent to the amendment in writing and those consents are approved
3by the mortgagees or holders of equivalent security interests in the units. An
4amendment becomes effective when it is recorded in the same manner as the
5declaration
.
AB598,19 6Section 19. 703.093 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,8,117 703.093 (7) Any person acquiring a mortgage or equivalent security interest
8on a unit after the affidavit is recorded under sub. (2) may notify the association in
9writing of the mortgage or equivalent security interest lien, identifying the unit on
10which it holds a lien, and signify its approval of or objection to the proposed
11amendment to the declaration.
AB598,20 12Section 20. 703.095 of the statutes is renumbered 703.095 (1) and amended
13to read:
AB598,8,1714 703.095 (1) Modifications. A recorded condominium instrument, amendment,
15or addendum may only be modified only by recording an amendment, addendum, or
16correction instrument, or by removal from the provisions of this chapter under s.
17703.28 (1).
AB598,8,20 18(2) Requirements. The register of deeds may not record an amendment,
19addendum, or correction instrument only if it does not refer the document complies
20with s. 703.065, if applicable, and satisfies all of the following criteria:
AB598,8,25 21(a) It refers to the condominium instrument, amendment, or addendum being
22modified or corrected, including the document number assigned to the document
23being modified
, and may not record an amendment or addendum unless it if volume
24and page numbers are assigned to the document being modified or corrected, the
25volume and page where the document is recorded.
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1(b) It is numbered consecutively or states that it is an amendment and
2restatement of the condominium instrument being modified or corrected , bears the
3name of the condominium as it appears in the declaration, and identifies
.
AB598,9,4 4(c) Identifies all units in the condominium.
AB598,21 5Section 21. 703.095 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB598,9,76 703.095 (2) (d) Clearly states the changes being made to the condominium
7instrument, amendment, or addendum it is modifying or correcting.
AB598,22 8Section 22. 703.095 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB598,9,119 703.095 (3) Correction instrument. A correction instrument may be used only
10to correct a scrivener error on a condominium plat, including erroneous distances,
11angles, directions, bearings, chords, building or unit numbers, and street names.
AB598,23 12Section 23. 703.10 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,9,1713 703.10 (5) Amendment. The bylaws may be amended by the affirmative vote
14of unit owners having 67 percent or more of the votes. Each particular set forth in
15sub. (2) shall be expressed in the bylaws as amended. Following an amendment to
16the bylaws, the association shall promptly deliver to each unit owner a copy of the
17approved amendment.
AB598,24 18Section 24. 703.11 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 703.11 (2) (b) (intro.)
19and amended to read:
AB598,9,2120 703.11 (2) (b) (intro.) A survey of the property described in the declaration
21complying that satisfies all of the following criteria:
AB598,9,24 221. The survey complies with minimum standards for property surveys adopted
23by the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers,
24designers and professional land surveyors and showing .
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12. The survey shows the location of any unit or building located or to be located
2on the property.
AB598,25 3Section 25. 703.11 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB598,10,54 703.11 (2) (b) 3. The survey includes a clear and concise description of the
5surveyed property, as described in s. 236.34 (1m) (d) 2.
AB598,26 6Section 26. 703.11 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,10,117 703.11 (2) (d) All survey maps and floor plans submitted for filing recording
8shall be legibly prepared with a binding margin of 1.5 inches on the left side and a
9one-inch margin on all other sides on durable white media that is 14 inches long by
1022 inches wide with a permanent nonfading black image. The maps and plans shall
11be drawn to a convenient scale.
AB598,27 12Section 27. 703.11 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,10,1813 703.11 (5) Amendment Addendum. Except as provided in s. ss. 703.095 and
14703.265, amendment of a condominium plat may be modified only by an addendum
15that is not included as part of an amendment to the declaration shall be that is
16accomplished in the same manner as an amendment to the declaration under s.
17703.09 (2). An addendum is effective when it is recorded in the manner described
18under s. 703.07 (2)
.
AB598,28 19Section 28. 703.115 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,10,2420 703.115 (1) (b) Provides that a condominium instrument may be rejected only
21if it fails to comply with the applicable requirements of ss. 703.065, 703.095, 703.11
22(2) (a), (am), (c) and (d) and (3), 703.275 (5) (1m) (b) and 703.28 (1m) or if the
23professional land surveyor's certificate under s. 703.11 (4) is not attached to or
24included in the condominium plat.
AB598,29 25Section 29. 703.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.12 Description of units. A description in any deed or other instrument
2affecting title to any unit, including a conveyance, as defined in s. 706.01 (4), that
3makes reference to the letter or, number, or other appropriate designation of the unit
4on the condominium plat together with a reference to the condominium instruments
5and
, the name of the condominium as it appears in the declaration, the name of the
6county where the condominium is located, the document numbers assigned to the
7declaration, and if volume and page numbers are assigned to the declaration, the
8volume and page where the declaration is recorded,
shall be a good and sufficient
9description for all purposes.
AB598,30 10Section 30. 703.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,11,1811 703.13 (4) Change in percentage interest. The percentage interests shall have
12a permanent character and, except as specifically provided by this chapter, may not
13be changed without the written consent of all of the unit owners and their
14mortgagees. Any change shall be evidenced by an amendment to the declaration and
15recorded among the appropriate land records. The percentage interests may not be
16separated from the unit to which they appertain. Any instrument, matter,
17circumstance, action, occurrence, or proceeding in any manner affecting a unit also
18shall affect, in like manner, the percentage interests appurtenant to the unit.
AB598,31 19Section 31 . 703.13 (6) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 703.13 (6) (c) (intro.)
20and amended to read:
AB598,11,2221 703.13 (6) (c) (intro.) An amendment to a declaration shall identify do all of the
22following:
AB598,11,25 231. Identify the units involved and shall state that the boundaries between those
24units are being relocated by agreement of the unit owners thereof. The amendment
25shall contain
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12. Contain words of conveyance between those unit the owners, and when
2recorded shall also be indexed in the name of the grantor and grantee
of the units
3identified in subd. 1
.
AB598,12,7 43. If the adjoining unit owners have specified in their written application the
5reallocation between their units of the aggregate undivided interest in the common
6elements appertaining to those units, the amendment to the declaration shall reflect
7that reallocation.
AB598,12,11 8(cm) An amendment to a declaration under this paragraph par. (c) shall be
9adopted, at the option of the adjoining unit owners, either under s. 703.09 (2) or by
10the written consent of the owners of the adjoining units involved and the mortgagees
11of the adjoining units.
AB598,32 12Section 32. 703.13 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,12,1913 703.13 (6) (d) If the adjoining unit owners have specified in their written
14application a reasonable reallocation, as determined by the board of directors, of the
15number of votes in the association or liabilities for future common expenses not
16specially assessed, appertaining to their units, an amendment modifications to the
17condominium instruments shall reflect those reallocations. An amendment to a
18declaration
under this paragraph shall be adopted in the manner specified in par. (c)
19(cm).
AB598,33 20Section 33. 703.13 (6) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,12,2421 703.13 (6) (e) Plats and plans An addendum showing the altered boundaries
22and the dimensions thereof between adjoining units, and their identifying numbers
23or letters, shall be prepared. The plats and plans addendum shall be certified as to
24their its accuracy in compliance with this subsection by a professional land surveyor.
AB598,34 25Section 34. 703.13 (6) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.13 (6) (f) After appropriate instruments have been prepared and executed,
2they shall be delivered promptly to the adjoining unit owners upon payment by them
3of all reasonable charges costs for the preparation thereof. Those instruments are
4effective when the adjoining unit owners have executed them and they are recorded
5in the name of the grantor and grantee. The recordation thereof is conclusive
6evidence that the relocation of boundaries did not violate any restriction or limitation
7in
the condominium instruments.
AB598,35 8Section 35. 703.13 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 703.13 (7) (am).
AB598,36 9Section 36. 703.13 (7) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
AB598,13,1110 703.13 (7) (ac) In this subsection, “separator” means a person proposing the
11separation of a unit.
AB598,37 12Section 37. 703.13 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,13,1713 703.13 (7) (b) The principal officer of the association, upon written application
14of a person proposing the separation of a unit (separator) separator and after 30 days'
15written notice to all other unit owners, shall promptly prepare and execute
16appropriate instruments under this subsection. An amendment to the condominium
17instruments
AB598,13,19 18(bm) An amendment to separate a unit into 2 or more units shall assign do all
19of the following:
AB598,13,21 201. Assign a new identifying number to each new unit created by the separation
21of a unit, shall allocate.
AB598,14,2 222. Allocate to those units each new unit, on a reasonable basis acceptable to the
23separator and the executive board, all of the undivided interest in the common
24element and rights to use the limited common elements and the votes in the

1association formerly appertaining to the separated unit. The amendment shall
2reflect
AB598,14,5 33. Reflect a proportionate allocation to the new units of the liability for common
4expenses and rights to common surpluses formerly appertaining to the subdivided
5unit.
AB598,38 6Section 38. 703.13 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,14,117 703.13 (7) (c) Plats and plans An addendum showing the boundaries and
8dimensions separating the new units together with their other boundaries and their
9new identifying numbers or letters shall be prepared. The plats and plans addendum
10shall be certified as to their its accuracy and compliance with this subsection by a
11professional land surveyor.
AB598,39 12Section 39. 703.13 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,14,1913 703.13 (7) (d) After appropriate instruments have been prepared and executed,
14they shall be delivered promptly to the separator upon payment by him or her of all
15reasonable cost for their preparation. Those instruments are effective when the
16separator has executed them and they are recorded in the name of the separator. The
17recording of the instruments is conclusive evidence that the separation did not
18violate any restrictions or limitation specified by the condominium instruments and
19that any reallocations made under this subsection were reasonable.
AB598,40 20Section 40 . 703.13 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,14,2321 703.13 (8) (b) If the unit owners of adjoining units that may be merged desire
22to merge the units, the unit owners, after 30 days' written notice to all other unit
23owners, shall prepare and execute appropriate instruments under this subsection.
AB598,14,25 24(bm) An amendment to the condominium instruments shall assign do all of the
25following:
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11. Assign a new identifying number to the new unit created by the merger of
2the units and shall allocate.
AB598,15,5 32. Allocate to the new unit all of the undivided interest in the common elements
4and rights to use the limited common elements and the votes in the association
5formerly appertaining to the separate units. The amendment shall reflect
AB598,15,7 63. Reflect an allocation to the new unit of the liability for common expenses and
7rights to common surpluses formerly appertaining to the separate units.
AB598,15,11 8(bp) An amendment to a declaration under this paragraph par. (bm) shall be
9adopted either under s. 703.09 (2) or by the written consent of the owners of the units
10to be merged, the mortgagees of those units, if any, and the board of directors of the
11association.
AB598,41 12Section 41. 703.13 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,15,1613 703.13 (8) (c) Plats and plans An addendum showing the boundaries and
14dimensions of the new unit together with the new identifying number or letter shall
15be prepared. The plats and plans addendum shall be certified as to their its accuracy
16and compliance with this subsection by a professional land surveyor.
AB598,42 17Section 42. 703.163 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,15,2318 703.163 (11) Recording of statutory reserve account statement. Each
19statutory reserve account statement executed under this section shall bear the name
20of the condominium as it appears on the declaration, shall be prepared in the
21standard format for recorded documents under s. 59.43 (2m) and (5) (a), shall comply
22with s. 706.05 (2) (a) and (b)
, and shall be recorded with the register of deeds of the
23county where the condominium instruments are recorded.
AB598,43 24Section 43. 703.165 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.165 (3) Assessments constitute lien. All assessments, until paid,
2together with interest on them and actual costs of collection, constitute a lien on the
3units on which they are assessed, if a statement of lien is filed within 2 years after
4the date the assessment becomes due. The lien is effective against a unit at the time
5the assessment became due regardless of when within the 2-year period it is filed.
6A statement of condominium lien is filed in the land records of with the clerk of circuit
7court of the county where the unit is located, stating the description of the unit, the
8name of the record owner, the amount due and the period for which the assessment
9was due. The clerk of circuit court shall index the statement of condominium lien
10under the name of the record owner in the judgment and lien docket. The statement
11of condominium lien shall be signed and verified by an officer or agent of the
12association as specified in the bylaws and then may be filed. On full payment of the
13assessment for which the lien is claimed, the unit owner shall be entitled to a
14satisfaction of the lien that may be filed with the clerk of circuit court.
AB598,44 15Section 44. 703.19 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,16,2416 703.19 (5) Adjustment of percentage interests following taking; effect of
17taking on votes appurtenant to unit.
Following the taking of all or a part of any unit,
18the percentage interests appurtenant to the unit shall be adjusted in proportion as
19provided in the condominium instruments or bylaws. The association promptly shall
20prepare and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the new percentage
21interests appurtenant to the unit. Subject to sub. (7), following the taking of part of
22a unit, the votes appurtenant to that unit shall be appurtenant to the remainder of
23that unit, and following the taking of all of a unit, the right to vote appurtenant to
24the unit shall terminate.
AB598,45 25Section 45. 703.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.26 (2) Conditions to which reservation subject. (intro.) A reservation of
2the right to expand a condominium is subject to all of the following conditions
3provided in this subsection.:
AB598,46 4Section 46. 703.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,17,65 703.26 (2) (a) A The declaration establishing a the condominium shall describe
6describes each parcel of property which that may be added to the condominium.
AB598,47 7Section 47. 703.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 703.26 (2) (b) 1. (intro.)
8and amended to read:
AB598,17,109 703.26 (2) (b) 1. (intro.) A The declaration establishing a the condominium
10shall show the shows all of the following:
AB598,17,12 11a. The maximum number of units which that may be added, and the to the
12condominium.
AB598,17,15 13b. The percentage interests in the common elements, the liabilities for common
14expenses, and the rights to common surpluses , and the appurtenant to each unit
15following the addition of property to the condominium.
AB598,17,19 16c. The number of votes appurtenant to each unit following the addition of
17property to the condominium, if added. The percentage interests in the common
18elements, the liabilities for common expenses and the rights to common surpluses,

19and the number of votes that each unit owner will have
AB598,17,22 202. The information under subd. 1. b. and c. may be shown by reference to a
21formula or other appropriate method of determining them following each expansion
22of the condominium.
AB598,48 23Section 48. 703.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,18,224 703.26 (2) (c) A condominium The plat for an the original condominium shall
25include, in general terms,
includes the outlines of the land, and, in general terms, the

1location of the
buildings, and common elements of new property that may be added
2to the condominium.
AB598,49 3Section 49 . 703.26 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,18,64 703.26 (2) (d) In a declaration establishing a condominium, a The right to
5expand the condominium may be is reserved in the declaration for a period not
6exceeding 10 years from the date of recording of the declaration.
AB598,50 7Section 50. 703.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB598,18,108 703.26 (3) Recordation of Recording amendments to declaration and plat
9addenda. (a) If the conditions of sub. (2) are complied with met, property may be
10added to a condominium if the declarant records an all of the following:
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