1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to real estate documents; providing for
1.3 	continuation, extension, validation, and Web posting
1.4 	of an electronic filing and posting pilot project for
1.5 	certain real estate documents; proposing coding for
1.6 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 507.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [507.094] ELECTRONIC RECORDING.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.County pilot project continuation. A
1.10 	county that participated in the pilot project referred to by
1.11 	section 507.24, subdivision 2, for the electronic filing of real
1.12 	estate documents under the task force originally created in Laws
1.13 	2000, chapter 391, may continue to record or file documents
1.14 	electronically, provided:  (1) the county complies with
1.15 	standards adopted by the task force; and (2) the county uses
1.16 	software that was validated by the task force, or uses software
1.17 	that has been validated under subdivision 3.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Extension of pilot projects. A county that did
1.19 	not participate in the pilot project described in subdivision 1
1.20 	may record or file a real estate document electronically
1.21 	provided:  (1) the document to be recorded or filed is of a type
1.22 	included in the pilot project for the electronic filing of real
1.23 	estate documents under the task force originally created in Laws
1.24 	2000, chapter 391; (2) the county complies with the standards
1.25 	adopted by the task force; and (3) the county uses software that
1.26 	was validated by the task force, or uses software that has been
2.1 	validated under subdivision 3.
2.2 		Subd. 3.County validation of recording software. A
2.3 	county may validate software that enables a county to
2.4 	electronically record or file certain real estate documents.
2.5 	Only a document of a type that was electronically recorded or
2.6 	filed under the pilot project administered by the task force
2.7 	originally created in Laws 2000, chapter 391 may be recorded or
2.8 	filed with software validated under this subdivision.  Only a
2.9 	county that participated in the pilot project may validate
2.10 	software that has not been validated by the task force.  A
2.11 	county may not validate software that it intends to use for
2.12 	electronically recording or filing its own documents.  If a
2.13 	county finds that software it has evaluated meets standards
2.14 	adopted by the task force, it must submit its evaluation results
2.15 	and a statement indicating the county's findings and conclusion
2.16 	that the software meets the task force's standards to the
2.17 	Legislative Coordinating Commission.  Upon receipt by the
2.18 	Legislative Coordinating Commission of the results and statement
2.19 	submitted by a county under this subdivision, the software may
2.20 	be used by any other county under subdivision 1 or 2, as
2.21 	provided in subdivision 4.
2.22 		Subd. 4.Web posting of software validation. The
2.23 	Legislative Coordinating Commission must continue to maintain
2.24 	the Web site developed for the task force created in Laws 2000,
2.25 	chapter 391.  If a county validates software under subdivision
2.26 	3, the commission must post the county's findings and
2.27 	conclusions regarding that validation on the commission's Web
2.28 	site for a period of 30 days to permit public notice and
2.29 	comment.  If the commission does not receive objections, the
2.30 	commission must repost the county's findings and conclusions,
2.31 	and indicate that the software may be used by a county under
2.32 	this section.  If the commission receives objections, the
2.33 	commission must forward them to the county for review and
2.34 	possible modifications of the software.  The county may resubmit
2.35 	its findings and conclusions, including any revisions, to the
2.36 	commission, which must then repost the county's findings and
3.1 	conclusions, and indicate that the software may be used by a
3.2 	county under this section.
3.3 		Subd. 5.Definition. The term "record or file" means
3.4 	record in the office of the county recorder or file in the
3.5 	office of the registrar of titles.

3.6 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.7 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.