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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5964 Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may, by ordinance, declare that it will control county recorder fees. Provides that upon the adoption of such an ordinance, the county board may reduce any fee charged by the county recorder of deeds to a figure selected by the county board and transfer all or part of a county recorder of deed's budget surplus to the county general fund. Provides that county board actions under these provisions have precedence over other formulas or fee schedules used to calculate county recorder fees and any other use of a county recorder of deed's budget surplus. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5964 | | LRB100 23744 AWJ 42795 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 3-5018.2 as follows: |
6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-5018.2 new) |
7 | | Sec. 3-5018.2. County board fee control. |
8 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county |
9 | | board may, by ordinance, declare that it will control county |
10 | | recorder fees and take any actions allowed under this Section. |
11 | | (b) Upon adoption of an ordinance under subsection (a), the |
12 | | county board may, by additional ordinances, do any of the |
13 | | following actions: |
14 | | (1) Reduce any fee charged by the county recorder of |
15 | | deeds to a figure selected by the county board. |
16 | | (2) Transfer all or part of a county recorder of deed's |
17 | | budget surplus to the county general fund. |
18 | | (c) County board actions under this Section have precedence |
19 | | over other formulas or fee schedules used to calculate county |
20 | | recorder fees and any other use of a county recorder of deed's |
21 | | budget surplus.
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22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |