Senate Amendment 3175
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 465 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 2 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Sec. . Section 331.604, subsection 3, Code
1 5 2009, as amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 288,
1 6 section 6, is amended to read as follows:
1 7 3. a. The Each county shall participate in the
1 8 county land record information system and shall comply
1 9 with the policies and procedures established by the
1 10 governing board of the county land record information
1 11 system.
1 12 b. (1) For the period beginning July 1, 2004, and
1 13 ending June 30, 2009, the county recorder shall also
1 14 collect a fee of one dollar for each recorded
1 15 transaction, regardless of the number of pages, for
1 16 which a fee is paid pursuant to subsection 1 to be
1 17 used for the purpose set forth in paragraph "c" "d".
1 18 (2) For the period beginning July 1, 2009, and
1 19 ending June 30, 2011, the recorder shall also collect
1 20 a fee of three dollars for each recorded transaction,
1 21 regardless of the number of pages, for which a fee is
1 22 paid pursuant to subsection 1 to be used for the
1 23 following purposes:
1 24 (a) Maintaining the statewide internet website and
1 25 the county land record information system.
1 26 (b) Integrating information contained in documents
1 27 and records maintained by the recorder and other land
1 28 record information from other sources with the county
1 29 land record information system.
1 30 (c) Implementing and maintaining a process for
1 31 redacting personally identifiable information
1 32 contained in electronic documents that are displayed
1 33 for public access through an internet website or that
1 34 are transferred to another person.
1 35 (3) Beginning July 1, 2011, the recorder shall
1 36 also collect a fee of one dollar for each recorded
1 37 transaction, regardless of the number of pages, for
1 38 which a fee is paid pursuant to subsection 1 to be
1 39 used for the purposes in subparagraph (2) and for the
1 40 following purposes:
1 41 (a) Establishing and implementing standards for
1 42 recording, processing, and archiving electronic
1 43 documents and records.
1 44 (b) Expanding access to records by encouraging
1 45 electronic indexing and scanning of documents and
1 46 instruments recorded in prior years.
1 47 (4) Notwithstanding subparagraph (2), the fee
1 48 collected by the recorder under this subsection for
1 49 recording a plat of survey is one dollar, regardless
1 50 of the number of pages. For purposes of this
2 1 subparagraph, "plat of survey" means the same as
2 2 defined in section 355.1, subsection 9.
2 3 (5) Fees collected in excess of the amount needed
2 4 for the purposes specified in this subsection shall be
2 5 used by the county land record information system to
2 6 reduce or eliminate service fees for electronic
2 7 submission of documents and instruments.
2 8 b. c. The county treasurer, on behalf of the
2 9 recorder, shall establish and maintain a county
2 10 recorder's electronic transaction fund into which all
2 11 moneys collected pursuant to paragraph "a" "b" shall
2 12 be deposited. Interest earned on moneys deposited in
2 13 this fund shall be computed based on the average
2 14 monthly balance in the fund and shall be credited to
2 15 the county recorder's electronic transaction fund.
2 16 c. d. The local government electronic transaction
2 17 fund is established in the office of the treasurer of
2 18 state under the control of the treasurer of state.
2 19 Moneys deposited into the fund are not subject to
2 20 section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest
2 21 or earnings on moneys in the local government
2 22 electronic transaction fund shall be credited to the
2 23 fund. Moneys in the local government electronic
2 24 transaction fund are not subject to transfer,
2 25 appropriation, or reversion to any other fund, or any
2 26 other use except as provided in this paragraph "c"
2 27 subsection. On a monthly basis, the county treasurer
2 28 shall pay each fee collected pursuant to paragraph "a"
2 29 the fees deposited into the county recorder's
2 30 electronic transaction fund to the treasurer of state
2 31 for deposit into the local government electronic
2 32 transaction fund. Moneys credited to the local
2 33 government electronic transaction fund are
2 34 appropriated to the treasurer of state for the payment
2 35 of claims approved by the governing board of the
2 36 county land record information system. Expenditures
2 37 Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
2 38 expenditures from the fund shall be for the purpose of
2 39 planning and implementing electronic recording and
2 40 electronic transactions in each county, and developing
2 41 county and statewide internet websites to provide
2 42 electronic access to records and information, and to
2 43 pay the ongoing costs of integrating and maintaining
2 44 the statewide internet website.
2 45 d. e. The recorder shall make available any
2 46 information required by the county auditor or auditor
2 47 of state concerning the fees collected under this
2 48 subsection for the purposes of determining the amount
2 49 of fees collected and the uses for which such fees are
2 50 expended.>
3 1 #2. By striking page 2, line 21, through page 5,
3 2 line 1.
3 3 #3. Page 7, line 21, by striking the words and
3 4 figures <331.605C, subsection 2> and inserting the
3 5 following: <331.604, subsection 3>.
3 6 #4. Page 7, by inserting after line 21 the
3 7 following:
3 8 <Sec. . Section 598.21, subsection 2, Code
3 9 2009, as amended by 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 288,
3 10 section 36, is amended to read as follows:
3 11 2. DUTIES OF COUNTY RECORDER. The county recorder
3 12 shall record each quitclaim deed or change of title
3 13 and shall collect the fees fee specified in section
3 14 331.507, subsection 2, paragraph "a", and the fee fees
3 15 specified in section 331.604.>
3 16 #5. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting
3 17 internal references as necessary.
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3 21 HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH
3 22 SF 465.701 83
3 23 md/sc/23464
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