100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5964

 

Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-5018.2 new

    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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
53-5018.2 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
9board may, by ordinance, declare that it will control county
10recorder fees and take any actions allowed under this Section.
11    (b) Upon adoption of an ordinance under subsection (a), the
12county board may, by additional ordinances, do any of the
13following 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
19over other formulas or fee schedules used to calculate county
20recorder fees and any other use of a county recorder of deed's
21budget surplus.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.