File #: 23-2217    Version: 1 Name: Rental Housing Support Program Fee Alignment Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Amendment Status: Approved
File created: 3/29/2023 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 4/27/2023 Final action: 5/25/2023
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT RENTAL HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM FEE ALIGNMENT ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 - Administration, Article IV - Officers and Employees, Division 2 - County Clerk, Subdivision II. - Fees, Section 2-210.1, shall be amended as follows: Subdivision II. - Fees Sec. 2-210.1. Waiver of nonrequired fees for transfer on death instruments. (a) The fees for recording Transfer on Death Instruments shall be as follows: (1) The total fee to be charged for the recording of Transfer on Death Instruments shall be $41.00 to the County plus $9.00 for the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge imposed by 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 and 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1(c)(5). (2) This fee shall be the same for electronic recording of Transfer on Death Instruments. (3) If the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge is amended and the surcharge is increased or lowered, the aggregate amount of the document flat fee attributable ...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

RENTAL HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM FEE ALIGNMENT ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 - Administration, Article IV - Officers and Employees, Division 2 - County Clerk, Subdivision II. - Fees, Section 2-210.1, shall be amended as follows:

Subdivision II. - Fees

Sec. 2-210.1. Waiver of nonrequired fees for transfer on death instruments.

(a) The fees for recording Transfer on Death Instruments shall be as follows:

(1) The total fee to be charged for the recording of Transfer on Death Instruments shall be $41.00 to the County plus $9.00 for the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge imposed by 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 and 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1(c)(5).

(2) This fee shall be the same for electronic recording of Transfer on Death Instruments.

(3) If the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge is amended and the surcharge is increased or lowered, the aggregate amount of the document flat fee attributable to the surcharge in the document may be changed accordingly.

(b) The Cook County Clerk shall not collect any additional fees beyond those imposed by [subsection] 2-210.1(a) in regard to Transfer on Death Instruments.

(c) This Section shall take effect on July 1, 2021 July 1, 2023.

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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that that Chapter 32 - Fees, Section 32-1 - Fee Schedule be amended as follows:

Sec. 32-1. - Fee schedule.
The fees or charges provided for or required by the below-listed sections shall be as shown below:
Code Section Description Fees, Rates,
Charges
(in dollars)
CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION
2-161(b) Tax maps, per mylar 1.00
2-172(a) Fees for County Clerk services:
2-172(a)(1) Certifying from official records the general taxes
levied and paid, for each year, for each lot or tract 5.00
2-172(a)(2) Issuing a certificate of deposit for redemption
from sold or forfeited taxes, for original 10.00
Each d...

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