Full Text of SB3479 97th General Assembly
SB3479ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie Filed: 12/27/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3479
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3479, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 6 | | Section 3-5018 as follows: | 7 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-5018) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018) | 8 | | Sec. 3-5018. Fees. The recorder elected as provided for in | 9 | | this
Division shall receive such fees as are or may be provided | 10 | | for him or her by law,
in case of provision therefor: otherwise | 11 | | he or she shall receive the same fees as
are or may be provided | 12 | | in this Section, except when increased by county
ordinance | 13 | | pursuant to the provisions of this Section, to be paid to the
| 14 | | county clerk for his or her services in the office of recorder | 15 | | for like services. |
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| 1 | | For recording deeds or other instruments, $12.50 $12 for | 2 | | the first 4 pages
thereof, plus $1 for each additional page | 3 | | thereof, plus $1 for each
additional document number therein | 4 | | noted. The aggregate minimum fee
for recording any one | 5 | | instrument shall not be less than $12.50 $12 . | 6 | | For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the | 7 | | premises
affected thereby are referred to by document number | 8 | | and not by legal
description, a fee of $1 in addition to that | 9 | | hereinabove referred to for
each document number therein noted. | 10 | | For recording assignments of mortgages, leases or liens, | 11 | | $12 for the
first 4 pages thereof, plus $1 for each additional | 12 | | page thereof. However,
except for leases and liens pertaining | 13 | | to oil, gas and other minerals,
whenever a mortgage, lease or | 14 | | lien assignment assigns more than one
mortgage, lease or lien | 15 | | document, a $7 fee shall be charged for the recording
of each | 16 | | such mortgage, lease or lien document after the first one. | 17 | | For recording maps or plats of additions or subdivisions | 18 | | approved by the
county or municipality (including the spreading | 19 | | of the same of record in
map case or other proper books) or | 20 | | plats of condominiums, $50 for the first
page, plus $1 for each | 21 | | additional page thereof except that in the case of
recording a | 22 | | single page, legal size 8 1/2 x 14, plat of survey in which
| 23 | | there are no more than two lots or parcels of land, the fee | 24 | | shall be $12.
In each county where such maps or plats are to be | 25 | | recorded, the recorder
may require the same to be accompanied | 26 | | by such number of exact, true and
legible copies thereof as the |
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| 1 | | recorder deems necessary for the efficient
conduct and | 2 | | operation of his or her office. | 3 | | For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to | 4 | | exceed one-half of the amount provided in this Section for | 5 | | certified copies, according to a standard scale of fees, | 6 | | established by county ordinance and made public. The provisions | 7 | | of this paragraph shall not be applicable to any person or | 8 | | entity who obtains non-certified copies of records in the | 9 | | following manner: (i) in bulk for all documents recorded on any | 10 | | given day in an electronic or paper format for a negotiated | 11 | | amount less than the amount provided for in this paragraph for | 12 | | non-certified copies, (ii) under a contractual relationship | 13 | | with the recorder for a negotiated amount less than the amount | 14 | | provided for in this paragraph for non-certified copies, | 15 | | or (iii) by means of Internet access pursuant to Section | 16 | | 5-1106.1. | 17 | | For certified copies of records, the same fees as for | 18 | | recording, but
in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of | 19 | | a map or plat of an
addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed | 20 | | $10. | 21 | | Each certificate of such recorder of the recording of the | 22 | | deed or
other writing and of the date of recording the same | 23 | | signed by such
recorder, shall be sufficient evidence of the | 24 | | recording thereof, and
such certificate including the indexing | 25 | | of record, shall be furnished
upon the payment of the fee for | 26 | | recording the instrument, and no
additional fee shall be |
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| 1 | | allowed for the certificate or indexing. | 2 | | The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount | 3 | | equal to the
fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a | 4 | | document (other than a
document filed under the Plat Act or the | 5 | | Uniform Commercial Code) that does
not conform to the following | 6 | | standards: | 7 | | (1) The document shall consist of one or more | 8 | | individual sheets measuring
8.5 inches by 11 inches, not | 9 | | permanently bound and not a continuous form.
Graphic | 10 | | displays accompanying a document to be recorded that | 11 | | measure up to 11
inches by 17 inches shall be recorded | 12 | | without charging an additional fee. | 13 | | (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black ink, | 14 | | by hand, type,
or computer. Signatures and dates may be in | 15 | | contrasting colors if they will
reproduce clearly. | 16 | | (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less | 17 | | than 20-pound
weight and shall have a clean margin of at | 18 | | least one-half inch on the top, the
bottom, and each side. | 19 | | Margins may be used for non-essential notations that
will | 20 | | not affect the validity of the document, including but not | 21 | | limited to
form numbers, page numbers, and customer | 22 | | notations. | 23 | | (4) The first page of the document shall contain a | 24 | | blank space, measuring
at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from | 25 | | the upper right corner. | 26 | | (5) The document shall not have any attachment stapled |
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| 1 | | or otherwise
affixed to any page. | 2 | | A document that does not conform to these standards shall
not | 3 | | be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required | 4 | | under
this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by this | 5 | | amendatory Act of 1995,
applies only to documents dated after | 6 | | the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1995. | 7 | | The county board of any county may provide for an | 8 | | additional charge of $3.50 $3
for filing every instrument, | 9 | | paper, or notice for record, (1)
in order to
defray the cost of | 10 | | converting the county recorder's document storage system
to | 11 | | computers or micrographics
and (2) in order to defray the cost | 12 | | of providing access to records through
the global
information | 13 | | system known as the Internet. | 14 | | A special fund shall be set up by the treasurer of the | 15 | | county and such
funds collected pursuant to Public Act 83-1321 | 16 | | shall be used (1)
for
a document storage system to provide the | 17 | | equipment, materials and necessary
expenses incurred to help | 18 | | defray the costs of implementing and maintaining
such a | 19 | | document records system
and (2) for a system to provide | 20 | | electronic access to
those records. The amounts available to | 21 | | the recorder for expenditure from the surcharge added to the | 22 | | second paragraph of this Section 3-5018 by this amendatory Act | 23 | | of the 97th General Assembly shall not offset or reduce any | 24 | | other county appropriations or funding for the office of the | 25 | | recorder. | 26 | | The county board of any county that provides and maintains |
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| 1 | | a countywide map
through a Geographic Information System (GIS) | 2 | | may provide for an additional
charge of $3 for filing every | 3 | | instrument, paper, or notice for record (1)
in order
to defray | 4 | | the cost of implementing or maintaining the county's Geographic
| 5 | | Information System
and (2) in order to defray the cost of | 6 | | providing electronic access to the
county's
Geographic
| 7 | | Information System records.
Of that amount, $2 must be | 8 | | deposited into a special fund
set up by the treasurer of the | 9 | | county, and any moneys collected pursuant to
this amendatory | 10 | | Act of the 91st General Assembly and deposited into that fund
| 11 | | must be used solely for the equipment, materials, and necessary | 12 | | expenses
incurred in implementing and maintaining a Geographic | 13 | | Information System and
in order to defray the cost of providing | 14 | | electronic access to the county's
Geographic Information | 15 | | System records.
The remaining $1 must be deposited into the | 16 | | recorder's special funds created
under Section 3-5005.4. The | 17 | | recorder may, in his or her discretion, use moneys
in the funds | 18 | | created under Section 3-5005.4 to defray the cost of | 19 | | implementing
or maintaining the county's Geographic | 20 | | Information System
and to defray the cost of providing | 21 | | electronic access to the county's
Geographic
Information | 22 | | System records. | 23 | | The recorder shall collect a $9 $10 Rental Housing Support | 24 | | Program State
surcharge for the recordation of any real | 25 | | estate-related document. Payment of the
Rental Housing Support | 26 | | Program State surcharge shall be evidenced by a receipt
that |
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| 1 | | shall be marked upon or otherwise affixed to the real | 2 | | estate-related document
by the recorder. The form of this | 3 | | receipt shall be prescribed by the Department
of Revenue and | 4 | | the receipts shall be issued by the Department of Revenue to
| 5 | | each county recorder. | 6 | | The recorder shall not collect the Rental Housing Support | 7 | | Program State surcharge from any State agency, any unit of | 8 | | local government or any school district. | 9 | | One dollar of each surcharge shall be retained by the | 10 | | county in which it was collected. This dollar shall be | 11 | | deposited into the county's general revenue fund. Fifty cents | 12 | | of that amount shall be used for the costs of administering the | 13 | | Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge and any other | 14 | | lawful expenditures for the operation of the office of the | 15 | | recorder and may not be appropriated or expended for any other | 16 | | purpose. The amounts available to the recorder for expenditure | 17 | | from the surcharge shall not offset or reduce any other county | 18 | | appropriations or funding for the office of the recorder.
| 19 | | On the 15th day of each month, each county recorder shall | 20 | | report
to the Department of Revenue, on a form prescribed by | 21 | | the Department,
the number of real estate-related documents | 22 | | recorded for which
the Rental Housing Support Program
State | 23 | | surcharge was collected. Each recorder shall submit $9 of each | 24 | | surcharge collected in the
preceding month to the Department of | 25 | | Revenue and the Department
shall deposit these amounts in the | 26 | | Rental Housing Support Program Fund. Subject to appropriation, |
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| 1 | | amounts in the Fund may be expended only for the purpose of | 2 | | funding and administering the Rental Housing Support Program. | 3 | | For purposes of this Section, "real estate-related | 4 | | document" means that term as it is defined in Section 7 of the | 5 | | Rental Housing Support Program Act.
| 6 | | The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum | 7 | | fees that
may be collected from any officer, agency, department | 8 | | or other
instrumentality of the State. The county board may, | 9 | | however, by ordinance,
increase the fees allowed by this | 10 | | Section and collect such increased fees
from all persons and | 11 | | entities other than officers, agencies, departments
and other | 12 | | instrumentalities of the State if the increase is justified by | 13 | | an
acceptable cost study showing that the fees allowed by this | 14 | | Section are not
sufficient to cover the cost of providing the | 15 | | service.
Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the | 16 | | maximum fee that may
be collected from the Department of | 17 | | Revenue for filing or indexing a
lien, certificate of lien | 18 | | release or subordination, or any other type of notice
or other | 19 | | documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5. Regardless | 20 | | of
any other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that | 21 | | may be collected from
the Department of Revenue for indexing | 22 | | each additional name in excess
of one for any lien, certificate | 23 | | of lien release or subordination, or any other
type of notice | 24 | | or other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $1. | 25 | | A statement of the costs of providing each service, program | 26 | | and activity
shall be prepared by the county board. All |
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| 1 | | supporting documents shall be
public record and subject to | 2 | | public examination and audit. All direct and
indirect costs, as | 3 | | defined in the United States Office of Management and
Budget | 4 | | Circular A-87, may be included in the determination of the | 5 | | costs of
each service, program and activity. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1356, eff. 7-28-10.)
| 7 | | Section 10. The Rental Housing Support Program Act is | 8 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows: | 9 | | (310 ILCS 105/5)
| 10 | | Sec. 5. Legislative findings and purpose. The General | 11 | | Assembly finds
that in many parts of this State, large numbers | 12 | | of citizens are faced with the
inability to secure affordable | 13 | | rental housing. Due to either insufficient wages
or a shortage | 14 | | of affordable rental housing stock, or both, many families have
| 15 | | difficulty securing decent housing, are subjected to | 16 | | overcrowding, pay too
large a portion of their total monthly | 17 | | income for housing and consequently
suffer the lack of other
| 18 | | basic needs, live in substandard or unhealthy housing, or | 19 | | experience chronic
housing instability. Instability and | 20 | | inadequacy in housing limits the
employability and | 21 | | productivity of many citizens, adversely affects family
health | 22 | | and stress levels, and impedes children's ability to learn; | 23 | | such instability produces
corresponding drains on public | 24 | | resources and contributes to an overall decline in real estate |
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| 1 | | values. Unaffordable rental
rates lead to frequent tenant | 2 | | turnover and difficulty filling vacancies, resulting in | 3 | | unstable
income streams for rental property owners, the limited | 4 | | ability of owners to properly maintain
their properties, | 5 | | substandard rental housing, and greater rates of foreclosure. | 6 | | High tenant
turnover, poorly maintained properties, vacant and | 7 | | abandoned properties, and overcrowded
housing negatively | 8 | | impact the safety and health of communities and the real estate | 9 | | values within
such communities. Among others, the program | 10 | | created by this Act benefits (i) all individuals
who record | 11 | | real estate related documents by helping to stabilize real | 12 | | estate values in the State,
(ii) rental property owners by | 13 | | subsidizing the portion of rent that many of their tenants are | 14 | | unable to pay, (iii) those individuals who own real estate in | 15 | | the State by providing an option for
affordable rental housing | 16 | | should they one day face foreclosure, and (iv) tenants who | 17 | | participate
in the program by providing them with rental | 18 | | assistance and the ability to achieve financial
stability so | 19 | | that they are able to become property owners themselves. It is | 20 | | the purpose of this Act to
create a State program to help | 21 | | localities address the need for decent,
affordable, permanent | 22 | | rental housing.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-892, eff. 8-3-12.) | 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.".
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