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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
FEES FOR THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE DATABASE SUBSCRIPTION AND FOR CERTAIN CHAPTER 74 FILINGS
WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Assessor is currently authorized to enter into agreements for an annual database subscription, including the authority to charge a fee for an annual database subscription; and
WHEREAS, there currently exists a Fee Schedule granting authority to the Assessor’s Office to charge certain fees for administrative expenses.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article IV Officers and Employees, Division 7 Assessor, Section 2-315 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-315. Cook County Assessor's Office database fee.
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(b) Fee structure. The CCAO database shall be made available on an annual subscription basis for a fee payable by cash, electronic payment, money order, or certified or cashier's check in one installment. Fees will be imposed as follows:
(1) For a single authorized user: $7,500.00 $5,000.00 annually. The authorized user will be issued a username and password, with access to the CCAO search engine without any capability to download data. Enhanced customized search features will be included, strictly for viewing only.
(2) For three to five authorized users: $20,000.00 $15,000.00 annually. Each authorized user account will be issued a username and password, with access to the CCAO search engine without any capability to download data. Enhanced customized search features will be included, strictly for viewing only.
(3) For six to 100 authorized users: $40,000.00 $30,000.00 annually. Each authorized user account will have full unlimited access, be able to download the CCAO database and have access to enhanced customized search features.
(4) For 100 to 1,000 authorized users: $80,000.00 $60,000.00 annually. Each authorized user account would have full unlimited access, be able to download our database and have enhanced access to customized search features.
(5) For greater than 1,000 authorized users: $100,000.00 annually. Each authorized user account would have full unlimited access, be able to download our database, and have enhanced access to customized search features.
(3) For an unlimited number of authorized users seeking limited access to requested townships: $3,000.00 per requested township. Each authorized user account will be issued a username and password, with access to the CCAO search engine without any capability to download data. Enhanced customized search features will be included, strictly for viewing only.
These fees shall may be adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index as of January 1 of each year following the effective date of this Section.
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 32, Fees, Sec. 32-32.1 Fee Schedule, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
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CHAPTER 74, TAXATION
74-1(b)(1) Base fee for imaged copy of tax maps, per set 300.00
74-1(c)(1) Copy of map of Cook County, per copy 10.00
Copy of tax map page, per copy 5.00
74-33(c) Charge for real property location data 84,000.00
74-34(b) Rental charge for the Redi package and for each Redi File:
New data sets, per record 0.02
74-34(b)(1) Redi package:
Commercial users, per tax year
91,800.00
Noncommercial users, per tax year 175.00
74-34(b)(2) County Treasurer's payment transaction Redi File:
Commercial users: Per quarter 2,000.00
Per tax year 8,000.00
Noncommercial users: Per quarter 75.00
Per tax year 300.00
74-34(b)(3) County revenue Redi File: Commercial users, per tax year 20,000.00
Noncommercial users, per tax year 110.00
74-34(b)(4) County Assessor Redi File:
74-34(b)(4)a Data set containing records of tax
permanent index numbers by divisions and consolidations:
Commercial users, per tax year 11,600.00
Noncommercial users, per tax year 80.00
74-4(b)(4)b Data set containing property characteristics
Commercial users, per tax year 20,400.00
Noncommercial users, per tax year 75.00
74-35 County Assessor's fee for copy of Commercial/Industrial 125.00
Manual
74-35(a) Certified document 20.00
74-35(b) Incentive application filing 1,000.00 500.00
74-35(b) Amend original incentive application 100.00
74-35(b) Class 9 Part II incentive filing 100.00
74-35(b) Incentive class change 100.00
74-35(g) Affordable Housing Special Assessment Program
Application Fee - Part 1 1 through 3 buildings 750.00
500.00
74-35(g) Affordable Housing Special Assessment Program 1,000.00
Application Fee - Part 2 4 through 7 buildings 100.00
74-35(g) Affordable Housing Special Assessment Program
Application Fee - More than 7 buildings 1,500.00
74-35(c) Division/consolidation petition, 3 tracts 100.00 50.00
Each additional tract 20.00 10.00
74-35(d) Filing of amendment to petition to divide/consolidate fee 50.00 25.00
74-35(e) Division/consolidation petitions filed between
September 1 and
October 31, tracts 300.00 200.00
Each additional tract 60.00 40.00
74-40(b) Tax sale automation fee, per parcel 10.00
74-41(b) Duplicate real estate tax bill, each bill 5.00
74-44 Bulk payment correction fee 50.00
74-45
Property tax research requests fee
50.00
774-46(a) Assessment fee 1,000.00
774-46(b) Assessment fee 2,500.00
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Effective date: This Ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon becoming law.