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AMENDMENT TO COUNTY RECORDING FEE SCHEDULE FOR STATE INCREASE
TO THE RENTAL HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM SURCHARGE
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WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly has enacted Public Act 102-1135 effective July 1, 2023, amending Sections 3-5018 and 3-5018.1 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/3-5018 and 5018.1) to require the recorder to increase the Rental Housing Support Program State (“RHSP”) surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document from nine dollars ($9) to eighteen dollars ($18); and
WHEREAS, under both the traditional fee and the predictable fee schedules provided for under Sections 3-5018 and 3-5018.1, respectively, of the Counties Code, the DuPage County Recorder currently collects a nine-dollar ($9) Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge fee for the recordation of any real estate-related document, and it is submitted monthly to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Rental Housing Support Program Fund; and
WHEREAS, the County Board may, by ordinance, increase the RHSP fee to eighteen dollars ($18) as required by Sections 5/3-5018 and 3-5018.1 and collect such increased fees for the recordation of any real estate-related document; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee of the DuPage County Board has reviewed and recommends approval of charging the eighteen-dollar ($18.00) RHSP fee; and
WHEREAS, DuPage County Code, Chapter 27, Article III, Section 27-26, Recording Fee Schedule, needs amending to reflect the RHSP fee increase to eighteen-dollars ($18.00) that will become effective on July 1, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the County Board approves the Recorder charging a RHSP surcharge fee in the amount of eighteen-dollars ($18.00) except no such fee shall be collected from any State agency, any unit of local government or any school district; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED, that the increase in the amount of RHSP fee charged for the recordation of any real estate-related document shall take effect on July 1, 2023; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED, that the DuPage County Code, Chapter 27, Article III, Section 26 shall be amended to read as set forth in Exhibit A attached to this Ordinance, effective July 1, 2023; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED, that the County Clerk transmit this Ordinance to the Municipal Code Corporation with instructions to amend DuPage County Code, Chapter 27, Article III, to reflect the above amendments and to update the Recording Fee Schedule as indicated on Exhibit A, attached hereto.
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Enacted and approved this 11th of April, 2023 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK