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

1.7 	Section 1. [507.094] ELECTRONIC RECORDING.
1.8 	A county that participated in the pilot project referred to
1.9 	by section 507.24, subdivision 2, for the electronic filing of
1.10 	real estate documents under the task force originally created in
1.11 	Laws 2000, chapter 391, may continue to record or file documents
1.12 	electronically, provided:  (1) the county complies with
1.13 	standards adopted by the task force; and (2) the county uses
1.14 	software that was validated by the task force.
1.15 	For the purposes of this section, the term "record or file"
1.16 	means record in the office of the county recorder or file in the
1.17 	office of the registrar of titles.

1.18 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.19 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.