Bill Text: IA SSB1108 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to fees collected by a county recorder or the governing board of the county land record information system.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Local Government: Schoenjahn Chair,Hart, and Guth. [SSB1108 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SSB1108-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1108
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WILHELM)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
fees
collected
by
a
county
recorder
or
1
the
governing
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
2
system.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.605B,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
A
recorder
or
the
governing
board
of
the
county
land
3
record
information
system
shall
collect
only
statutorily
4
authorized
fees
for
land
records
management.
A
recorder
or
5
the
The
governing
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
6
system
shall
not
collect
a
fee
for
searching,
viewing,
7
accessing,
or
printing
individual
documents
in
the
county
8
land
record
information
system
unless
specifically
authorized
9
by
statute
.
However,
a
recorder
or
the
governing
board
of
10
the
county
land
record
information
system
may
collect
actual
11
third-party
fees
associated
with
accepting
and
processing
12
statutorily
authorized
fees,
including
credit
card
fees,
13
treasury
management
fees,
and
other
transaction
fees
required
14
to
enable
electronic
payment
fees
for
services
that
provide
15
access
to
land
record
information
on
a
batch
basis,
enable
16
electronic
filing,
or
for
providing
other
internet-based
17
services
.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
the
term
18
“third-party”
does
not
include
the
county
land
record
19
information
system,
the
Iowa
state
association
of
counties,
or
20
any
of
the
association’s
affiliates.
21
EXPLANATION
22
This
bill
relates
to
fees
collected
by
a
county
recorder
23
or
the
governing
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
24
system.
25
Current
law
provides
that
a
recorder
or
the
governing
26
board
of
the
county
land
record
information
system
shall
only
27
collect
fees
authorized
by
statute
and
that
a
fee
shall
not
28
be
collected
for
viewing,
accessing,
or
printing
documents
29
in
the
county
land
record
information
system
unless
such
a
30
fee
is
authorized
by
statute.
Current
law
further
provides
31
that
a
recorder
or
the
governing
board
of
the
county
land
32
record
information
system
may
collect
certain
third-party
fees
33
associated
with
payment
of
recorder
or
county
land
record
34
information
fees.
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The
bill
provides
that
the
governing
board
may
collect
fees
1
for
services
which
provide
access
to
land
record
information
2
on
a
batch
basis,
enable
electronic
filing,
or
for
providing
3
other
internet-based
services.
The
bill
removes
the
county
4
recorder
from
the
grants
and
limitations
of
authority
related
5
to
the
collection
of
fees
contained
in
Code
section
331.605B,
6
subsection
2.
The
bill
strikes
the
authority
to
collect
7
certain
third-party
fees
associated
with
payment
of
recorder
or
8
county
land
record
information
fees.
The
bill
further
provides
9
that
a
fee
shall
not
be
collected
by
a
governing
board
for
10
searching,
viewing,
accessing,
or
printing
individual
documents
11
in
the
county
land
record
information
system.
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