Illinois Senate Bill 1795 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Counties Code. Establishes a $1 per document recording fee for certain filers for any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, or other public service. Provides that $0.50 of the $1 fee shall be deposited into the Recorder's Automation Fund and may not be appropriated or expended for any other purpose. Provides that the additional amounts available to the recorder for expenditure from the Recorder's Automation Fund shall not offset or reduce any other county appropriations or funding for the office of the recorder. Establishes a similar $1 per document recording fee in counties exceeding 1,000,000 for certain filers for any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, or other public service. Provides that $0.50 of the $1 fee shall be deposited into the County Recorder Document Storage System Fund. Reduces the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document from $10 to $9. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Adds a legislative finding regarding the negative effects of unaffordable rental rates and persons who benefit from the Rental Housing Support Program including all individuals who record real estate related documents by helping to stabilize real estate values, rental property owners by subsidizing the portion of rent that many of their tenants are unable to pay, individuals who own real estate by providing an option for affordable rental housing should they one day face foreclosure, and tenants who participate in the program by providing them with rental assistance. Effective immediately.

CNTY CD-HOUSING-RECORDING FEES

Sen. Iris Martinez [D]

Sen. Terry Link [D]

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2013-04-30	Senate	Re-referred to Assignments
2013-04-17	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2013-03-12	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
2013-03-12	Senate	Second Reading
2013-03-06	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2013
2013-03-06	Senate	Do Pass Local Government; 013-000-000
2013-02-28	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
2013-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Local Government
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2013-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2013-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
310	105	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	3-5018	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	4-12002	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1795&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB1795.htm