Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Restores language requiring a recorder to be commissioned by the Governor. Restores a language repealing provisions on January 1, 2024 relating to mechanics lien demands and a referral pilot program. Provides that a recorder may waive the fee for reasonable requests for additional copies (rather than waive the fee for additional copies) if the recorder deems collecting the fee to be a burden to the county and waives the fee for all such requests. Provides that the recorder shall indorse on an instrument in writing that is recorded in the recorder's office the time when the instrument was accepted for recordation (rather than accepted or received for recordation). Makes other changes. Further amends the Counties Code. Adds nonstandard document predictable fees to the predictable fee schedules for recording deeds and other instruments. Makes changes relating to classification of documents for filing, procedures to increase a predictable fee, and certified and non-certified fees. Repeals the existing provisions regarding predictable fee schedules and nonstandard document fees. Effective January 1, 2024 (rather than immediately).

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0400 [SB2227 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Linda Holmes [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Sally Turner [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Rita [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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