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AB612,35 4Section 35. 703.13 (7) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
AB612,13,65 703.13 (7) (ac) In this subsection, “separator” means a person proposing the
6separation of a unit.
AB612,36 7Section 36. 703.13 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,13,128 703.13 (7) (b) The principal officer of the association, upon written application
9of a person proposing the separation of a unit (separator) separator and after 30 days'
10written notice to all other unit owners, shall promptly prepare and execute
11appropriate instruments under this subsection. An amendment to the condominium
12instruments
AB612,13,14 13(bm) An amendment to separate a unit into 2 or more units shall assign do all
14of the following:
AB612,13,16 151. Assign a new identifying number to each new unit created by the separation
16of a unit, shall allocate.
AB612,13,21 172. Allocate to those units each new unit, on a reasonable basis acceptable to the
18separator and the executive board, all of the undivided interest in the common
19element and rights to use the limited common elements and the votes in the
20association formerly appertaining to the separated unit. The amendment shall
21reflect
AB612,13,24 223. Reflect a proportionate allocation to the new units of the liability for common
23expenses and rights to common surpluses formerly appertaining to the subdivided
24unit.
AB612,37 25Section 37. 703.13 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.13 (7) (c) Plats and plans An addendum showing the boundaries and
2dimensions separating the new units together with their other boundaries and their
3new identifying numbers or letters shall be prepared. The plats and plans addendum
4shall be certified as to their its accuracy and compliance with this subsection by a
5professional land surveyor.
AB612,38 6Section 38. 703.13 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,14,137 703.13 (7) (d) After appropriate instruments have been prepared and executed,
8they shall be delivered promptly to the separator upon payment by him or her of all
9reasonable cost for their preparation. Those instruments are effective when the
10separator has executed them and they are recorded in the name of the separator. The
11recording of the instruments is conclusive evidence that the separation did not
12violate any restrictions or limitation specified by the condominium instruments and
13that any reallocations made under this subsection were reasonable.
AB612,39 14Section 39 . 703.13 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,14,1715 703.13 (8) (b) If the unit owners of adjoining units that may be merged desire
16to merge the units, the unit owners, after 30 days' written notice to all other unit
17owners, shall prepare and execute appropriate instruments under this subsection.
AB612,14,19 18(bm) An amendment to the condominium instruments shall assign do all of the
19following:
AB612,14,21 201. Assign a new identifying number to the new unit created by the merger of
21the units and shall allocate.
AB612,14,24 222. Allocate to the new unit all of the undivided interest in the common elements
23and rights to use the limited common elements and the votes in the association
24formerly appertaining to the separate units. The amendment shall reflect
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13. Reflect an allocation to the new unit of the liability for common expenses and
2rights to common surpluses formerly appertaining to the separate units.
AB612,15,6 3(bp) An amendment to a declaration under this paragraph par. (bm) shall be
4adopted either under s. 703.09 (2) or by the written consent of the owners of the units
5to be merged, the mortgagees of those units, if any, and the board of directors of the
6association.
AB612,40 7Section 40. 703.13 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,15,118 703.13 (8) (c) Plats and plans An addendum showing the boundaries and
9dimensions of the new unit together with the new identifying number or letter shall
10be prepared. The plats and plans addendum shall be certified as to their its accuracy
11and compliance with this subsection by a professional land surveyor.
AB612,41 12Section 41. 703.163 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,15,1813 703.163 (11) Recording of statutory reserve account statement. Each
14statutory reserve account statement executed under this section shall bear the name
15of the condominium as it appears on the declaration, shall be prepared in the
16standard format for recorded documents under s. 59.43 (2m) and (5) (a), shall comply
17with s. 706.05 (2) (a) and (b)
, and shall be recorded with the register of deeds of the
18county where the condominium instruments are recorded.
AB612,42 19Section 42. 703.165 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,16,820 703.165 (3) Assessments constitute lien. All assessments, until paid,
21together with interest on them and actual costs of collection, constitute a lien on the
22units on which they are assessed, if a statement of lien is filed within 2 years after
23the date the assessment becomes due. The lien is effective against a unit at the time
24the assessment became due regardless of when within the 2-year period it is filed.
25A statement of condominium lien is filed in the land records of with the clerk of circuit

1court of the county where the unit is located, stating the description of the unit, the
2name of the record owner, the amount due and the period for which the assessment
3was due. The clerk of circuit court shall index the statement of condominium lien
4under the name of the record owner in the judgment and lien docket. The statement
5of condominium lien shall be signed and verified by an officer or agent of the
6association as specified in the bylaws and then may be filed. On full payment of the
7assessment for which the lien is claimed, the unit owner shall be entitled to a
8satisfaction of the lien that may be filed with the clerk of circuit court.
AB612,43 9Section 43. 703.19 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,16,1810 703.19 (5) Adjustment of percentage interests following taking; effect of
11taking on votes appurtenant to unit.
Following the taking of all or a part of any unit,
12the percentage interests appurtenant to the unit shall be adjusted in proportion as
13provided in the condominium instruments or bylaws. The association promptly shall
14prepare and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the new percentage
15interests appurtenant to the unit. Subject to sub. (7), following the taking of part of
16a unit, the votes appurtenant to that unit shall be appurtenant to the remainder of
17that unit, and following the taking of all of a unit, the right to vote appurtenant to
18the unit shall terminate.
AB612,44 19Section 44. 703.26 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,16,2220 703.26 (2) Conditions to which reservation subject. (intro.) A reservation of
21the right to expand a condominium is subject to all of the following conditions
22provided in this subsection.:
AB612,45 23Section 45. 703.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.26 (2) (a) A The declaration establishing a the condominium shall
2describe
describes each parcel of property which that may be added to the
3condominium.
AB612,46 4Section 46. 703.26 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 703.26 (2) (b) 1. (intro.)
5and amended to read:
AB612,17,76 703.26 (2) (b) 1. (intro.) A The declaration establishing a the condominium
7shall show the shows all of the following:
AB612,17,9 8a. The maximum number of units which that may be added, and the to the
9condominium.
AB612,17,12 10b. The percentage interests in the common elements, the liabilities for common
11expenses, and the rights to common surpluses, and the appurtenant to each unit
12following the addition of property to the condominium.
AB612,17,16 13c. The number of votes appurtenant to each unit following the addition of
14property to the condominium, if added. The percentage interests in the common
15elements, the liabilities for common expenses and the rights to common surpluses,

16and the number of votes that each unit owner will have
AB612,17,19 172. The information under subd. 1. b. and c. may be shown by reference to a
18formula or other appropriate method of determining them following each expansion
19of the condominium.
AB612,47 20Section 47. 703.26 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,17,2421 703.26 (2) (c) A condominium The plat for an the original condominium shall
22include, in general terms,
includes the outlines of the land, and, in general terms, the
23location of the
buildings, and common elements of new property that may be added
24to the condominium.
AB612,48 25Section 48 . 703.26 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1703.26 (2) (d) In a declaration establishing a condominium, a The right to
2expand the condominium may be is reserved in the declaration for a period not
3exceeding 10 years from the date of recording of the declaration.
AB612,49 4Section 49. 703.26 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,18,75 703.26 (3) Recordation of Recording amendments to declaration and plat
6addenda. (a) If the conditions of sub. (2) are complied with met, property may be
7added to a condominium if the declarant records an all of the following:
AB612,18,10 81. An amendment to the declaration, showing that shows the new percentage
9interests of the unit owners, and the votes which that each unit owner may cast in
10the condominium as expanded, and records an.
AB612,18,13 112. An addendum to the condominium plat that includes the detail and
12information concerning the new property as required in the original condominium
13that is required for a plat under s. 703.11 (2), (3), and (4).
AB612,18,1514 (b) On recording of an amendment of a declaration and an addendum to a plat
15under par. (a), each unit owner, by operation of law, has the all of the following:
AB612,18,18 161. The percentage interests in the common elements, liabilities in the common
17expenses, and rights to common surpluses, and shall have the as set forth in the
18amendment.
AB612,18,20 192. The number of votes, appurtenant to the unit owner's unit, as set forth in the
20amendment to the declaration.
AB612,18,23 21(c) Following any expansion, the interest of any mortgagee shall attach, by
22operation of law, to the new percentage interests in the common elements
23appurtenant to the unit on which it is a lien.
AB612,50 24Section 50. 703.26 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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1703.26 (3) (d) Property included in a reservation of the right to expand is not
2subject to the condominium declaration and is not part of the condominium until an
3amendment and addendum adding the property to the condominium are recorded.
AB612,51 4Section 51. 703.265 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,19,65 703.265 (3) An addendum made under this section shall be recorded as
6provided under s. 703.095 (2).
AB612,52 7Section 52 . 703.275 (1) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 703.275 (1m)
8(title).
AB612,53 9Section 53. 703.275 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 703.275 (1m) (a) and
10amended to read:
AB612,19,2011 703.275 (1m) (a) Any 2 or more condominiums, including 2 or more small
12condominiums or any combination of small condominiums and other condominiums,
13by agreement of the unit owners as provided in this section, may be merged or
14consolidated into a single condominium. Unless the agreement otherwise provides,
15the resultant condominium resulting from a merger or consolidation is, for all
16purposes, the legal successor of all of the preexisting condominiums and the
17operations and activities of all associations of the preexisting condominiums shall be
18merged or consolidated into a single association which shall hold all powers, rights,
19obligations, assets and liabilities of the preexisting associations. The resultant
20condominium must shall bear the name of one of the preexisting condominiums.
AB612,54 21Section 54. 703.275 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB612,19,2222 703.275 (1c) Definitions. In this section:
AB612,19,2423 (a) “Preexisting condominium” means a condominium that existed before a
24merger or consolidation under this section.
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1(b) “Restatement of the declaration of a resultant condominium” means an
2amendment to the declaration of the preexisting condominium that bears the same
3name as the resultant condominium that complies with s. 703.09.
AB612,20,54 (c) “Resultant condominium” means a condominium that results from a merger
5or consolidation under this section.
AB612,20,86 (d) “Resultant condominium plat” means an addendum to the plat of the
7preexisting condominium that bears the same name as the resultant condominium
8that complies with s. 703.11.
AB612,55 9Section 55. 703.275 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB612,20,1210 703.275 (1m) (b) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a resultant
11condominium may be created only by recording all of the following, as provided under
12s. 703.07:
AB612,20,1413 a. A restatement of the declaration of the resultant condominium that includes
14the merger or consolidation agreement.
AB612,20,1515 b. A resultant condominium plat.
AB612,20,1716 2. a. The documents under subd. 1. shall be presented together to the register
17of deeds for recording.
AB612,20,2018 b. The register of deeds may not record a resultant condominium plat without
19the restatement of the declaration of the resultant condominium and the merger or
20consolidation agreement.
AB612,21,321 c. On the plat of each preexisting condominium that is merged or consolidated
22to create a resultant condominium, the register of deeds shall reference the
23document number of the resultant condominium plat and, if the plat of the resultant
24condominium is assigned a volume and page number, the volume and page where the
25resultant condominium plat is recorded and shall note that the preexisting

1condominium was merged or consolidated. In a county that maintains a tract index
2pursuant to s. 59.43 (12m), the register of deeds shall make references to document
3numbers in the tract index.
AB612,56 4Section 56. 703.275 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB612,57 5Section 57 . 703.28 (1m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB612,58 6Section 58 . 703.28 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 703.28 (1m) and
7amended to read:
AB612,21,128 703.28 (1m) Before a certified survey map, condominium plat, subdivision plat
9or other plat may be recorded and filed for the same property that is subject to a
10condominium declaration
, the condominium shall first be removed from the
11provisions of this chapter by recording a removal instrument. This subdivision does
12not apply to a merger or consolidation under s. 703.275.
AB612,59 13Section 59 . 703.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,21,2214 703.30 (2) Substantial conformity of condominium instruments and bylaws
15sufficient.
The provisions of any condominium instruments recorded and any
16bylaws filed required under this chapter shall be liberally construed to facilitate the
17creation and operation of the condominium. So long as the condominium
18instruments and bylaws substantially conform with the requirements of this
19chapter, no variance from the requirements shall affect the condominium status of
20the property in question nor the title of any unit owner to his or her unit, votes and
21percentage interests in the common elements and in common expenses and common
22surpluses.
AB612,60 23Section 60 . 703.365 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,22,424 703.365 (3m) Agreement in lieu of bylaws. If approved by written consent of
25all of the unit votes of a small condominium, an agreement may be substituted for

1the bylaws under sub. (3). The terms of the agreement shall include the
2requirements of sub. (3) (a) to (d) and shall be consistent with this section. An
3amendment to an agreement may be made with the affirmative vote or written
4consent of all 75 percent of the unit votes of the small condominium.
AB612,61 5Section 61. 706.01 (7r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB612,22,76 706.01 (7r) (b) By condominium name, and unit number, and appurtenance
7number
in a platted condominium development.
AB612,62 8Section 62. Initial applicability.
AB612,22,119 (1) Recording and indexing requirements. The treatment of ss. 703.065,
10703.07 (2), and 703.12 first applies to deeds and other instruments that are
11submitted for recording on the effective date of this subsection.
AB612,22,1412 (2) Bylaws. The treatment of s. 703.10 (5) first applies to an amendment to
13condominium bylaws that is approved under s. 703.10 on the effective date of this
14subsection.
AB612,22,1715 (3) Local ordinance; review of condominium instruments. The treatment of
16s. 703.115 (1) (b) first applies to an ordinance adopted on the effective date of this
17subsection.
AB612,63 18Section 63 . Effective date.
AB612,22,2019 (1) This act takes effect on first day of the 7th month beginning after
20publication.
AB612,22,2121 (End)
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