Implementation of Act 211 Electronic Building Permit System:
Keeping Your Municipality Compliant
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During
the 2015-2016 legislative session, 2015 Act 211 was signed into law, requiring
municipalities across Wisconsin to submit to the Department of Safety and
Professional Services (DSPS) electronic copies of their one- and two-family
building permits. This law also charged DSPS with creating and implementing an
electronic processing system for these building permits that could be utilized
by municipalities.
As
the Division of Industry Services (DIS) at the DSPS moves forward with
implementing 2015 Act 211, there are important things for you to understand
about the law. Below is an overview of what you can expect to see as a
municipality or inspector, as well as resources that will be made available to
you.
What Does This Mean?
 2015 Act 211 required the department to have a standard electronic building permit form available to municipalities by January 2, 2017. This permit contains spaces for contractor license numbers and their expiration dates of their licenses, and is available on our website.
It also requires municipalities or their agents to provide their permit forms electronically to the DSPS through our approved electronic system by January 2, 2018. These permits must be submitted to DSPS by the 15th of the first month after it is issued. If the municipality fails to submit the permit by the required time after the permit was issued, a refund of the amount paid for the building permit minus the state seal shall be given to the permit applicant.
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How Do I Submit Permits Under the New Requirement?
DSPS is offering three ways to
electronically submit these permits:
1.
Applicants file permits electronically to the municipality through the DSPS
system, and the municipality reviews the permits online through our system.
Permit information is automatically provided to the DSPS.
The
Municipality Workspace link provides the municipal representative access to
permit information submitted by builders of for new one- and two- family
dwellings.
2.
Municipalities that incorporate their own computerized permit filing system
(i.e. iworq, civicpermits, Meritage), may interface with the Department's Data
connector software. DSPS Building Permit
System Application Programming Interface (API) v1.0
3. A
municipality may use the Excel template, provided by DSPS, to enter all permit
information. The Excel template must be manually uploaded to the system each
month and is available in the electronic system once this option has been
selected.
Municipal
building permits for new one- and two- family dwellings that differ from the
one on the DSPS website may not be utilized until approved by the department.
How Does Our Municipality Remain Compliant?
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To ensure compliance with 2015 Act 211, municipalities must initiate contact with the UDC staff to choose the method by which they will submit information to the DSPS and authorize the creation of the municipality's access code.
A building inspector contracted with the municipality may establish a login access code with this system only upon completion of the 2015 Act 211 Inspector-Muni Agreement between the inspector and the municipality.
All municipalities must be supplying their new one- and two- family dwelling permit information to the DSPS by January 2, 2018.
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Don't Forget!
It is
important to remember the permit puller must submit all required plans, data, directly
to the municipality, not just an online permit. The plans, data and permit must
be reviewed, and the approved permit fee must be paid before the permit is
considered an issued permit.
Questions?
View the Requesting Electronic Building Permits FAQ.
View the Municipality FAQ.
Visit our website dedicated to the Act 211 Electronic Building System Permit Requirement - or -
Contact Us:
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