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AMENDMENT TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) FEE
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WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board adopted the GIS fee collected by the DuPage County Recorder, for use in defraying the costs associated with implementing and maintaining the County’s Geographic Information System records pursuant to the authority set forth in 55 ILCS 5/3-5018; and
WHEREAS, from time to time, it is necessary to amend this Ordinance to provide for the current operational needs of the County’s Geographic Information System; and
WHEREAS, a cost study was commissioned relating to the GIS fee in order to determine if the current fee amount recouped the County’s cost in maintaining the operation of the County’s Geographic Information System; and
WHEREAS, the result of the cost study was a recommended increase in the County’s Geographic Information System fee from twenty-one dollars ($21.00) to thirty-one dollars ($31.00); and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board adopted the Recorder Document Fund Fee, for use in defraying the cost of converting the county Recorder’s document storage system to computers or micrographics and in order to defray the costs of providing access to records through the global information system known as the internet pursuant to the authority set forth in 55 ILCS 5/3-5018.2; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with Illinois law, a copy of this proposed fee modification ordinance has been posted in the Office of the DuPage County Recorder of Deeds, located at 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois for a period of at least two weeks and not more than four weeks prior to the adoption of this ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee of the DuPage County Board has reviewed and recommends approval of the proposed amendment to the DuPage County Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that Chapter 26, Article III, Section 27-22 is hereby amended to read:
“The County Recorder shall charge thirty-one ($31.00) fee for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record in order to defray the cost of implementing or maintaining the County’s Geographic Information System.”
BE, IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the increase in these recording fees shall take effect on June 1, 2025
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Enacted and approved this 22nd day of April, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK