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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1676

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1676 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Counties  Code is amended by changing
 5    Section 4-12002 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
 7        Sec. 4-12002. Fees of recorder in third  class  counties.
 8    The  fees  of the recorder in counties of the third class for
 9    recording deeds or other instruments in writing and  maps  of
10    plats  of  additions,  subdivisions  or  otherwise,  and  for
11    certifying  copies  of  records, shall be paid in advance and
12    shall be as follows:
13        For recording deeds or  other  instruments  $20  for  the
14    first  2  pages  thereof,  plus  $2  for each additional page
15    thereof.  The aggregate minimum fee  for  recording  any  one
16    instrument shall not be less than $20.
17        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments wherein the
18    premises affected thereby are referred to by document  number
19    and  not by legal description the recorder shall charge a fee
20    of $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred  to  for  each
21    document number therein noted.
22        For  recording  deeds  or  other instruments wherein more
 
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 1    than  one  tract,  parcel  or  lot  is  described  and   such
 2    additional  tract,  or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots
 3    is or are described therein  as  falling  in  a  separate  or
 4    different  addition  or subdivision the recorder shall charge
 5    as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of  $2
 6    for  each  additional  addition or subdivision referred to in
 7    such deed or instrument.
 8        For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
 9    otherwise (including the spreading of the same of  record  in
10    well  bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
11    contained therein.
12        For certified copies of records  the  same  fees  as  for
13    recording,  but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
14    of a map or plat of an  addition,  subdivision  or  otherwise
15    exceed $200.
16        For  non-certified  copies  of  records, an amount not to
17    exceed one half of the amount provided herein  for  certified
18    copies, according to a standard scale of fees, established by
19    county ordinance and made public.
20        For  filing  of  each  release of any chattel mortgage or
21    trust deed which has been filed  but  not  recorded  and  for
22    indexing  the  same  in  the book to be kept for that purpose
23    $10.
24        For processing the sworn or affirmed  statement  required
25    for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
26    land  trust  in  accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code,
27    $2.
28        The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
29    equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for  recording  a
30    document  (other  than a document filed under the Plat Act or
31    the Uniform Commercial Code) that does  not  conform  to  the
32    following standards:
33             (1)  The  document  shall  consist  of  one  or more
34        individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches,  not
 
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 1        permanently  bound  and  not  a continuous form.  Graphic
 2        displays accompanying a  document  to  be  recorded  that
 3        measure  up  to  11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
 4        without charging an additional fee.
 5             (2)  The document shall be legibly printed in  black
 6        ink,  by  hand,  type, or computer.  Signatures and dates
 7        may be in  contrasting  colors  if  they  will  reproduce
 8        clearly.
 9             (3)  The  document  shall  be  on white paper of not
10        less than 20-pound weight and shall have a  clean  margin
11        of  at  least  one-half  inch on the top, the bottom, and
12        each side.  Margins may be used  only  for  non-essential
13        notations  that  will  not  affect  the  validity  of the
14        document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
15        numbers, and customer notations.
16             (4)  The first page of the document shall contain  a
17        blank  space,  measuring  at  least 3 inches by 5 inches,
18        from the upper right corner.
19             (5)  The document  shall  not  have  any  attachment
20        stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
21    A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
22    be  recorded  except  upon  payment  of  the  additional  fee
23    required under this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by
24    this  amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
25    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
26        The fee requirements of this Section apply  to  units  of
27    local government and school districts.
28        Regardless  of  any  other provision in this Section, the
29    maximum fee that may be  collected  from  the  Department  of
30    Revenue  for  filing  or indexing a lien, certificate of lien
31    release or subordination, or any  other  type  of  notice  or
32    other  documentation  affecting  or  concerning a lien is $5.
33    Regardless of  any  other  provision  in  this  Section,  the
34    maximum  fee  that  may  be  collected from the Department of
 
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 1    Revenue for indexing each additional name in  excess  of  one
 2    for  any  lien, certificate of lien release or subordination,
 3    or any other type of notice or other documentation  affecting
 4    or concerning a lien is $1.
 5    (Source: P.A. 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)

 6        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 7    June 1, 2004.".