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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 o...
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