County offices would collect fees for recording most documents

County registers of deeds would collect a fee when they record a document. The fee would apply to documents recorded with a county register of deeds, except for the filings listed in the bill. The fee would be added to other recording fees and charges. The listed exceptions cover certain state, federal, employment-lien, Uniform Commercial Code, and property-tax filings. The fee would be due when a document is left for recording. It would be $4 before January 1, 2043, and $2 beginning on that date.

Counties would send collected fees to the state treasurer for deposit in a state fund. These directions cover fees collected under this section. The fund supports state surveys and land markers. A county could keep up to 1.5% of each fee to cover the cost of administering this section. Counties would send the fees quarterly.

A county could use part of its annual state grant revenue to repay itself for certain earlier spending. This option applies to a county that spent money to speed completion of its survey and marker plan under the specified state contract. The county must have spent money under a contract to speed completion of its county plan. The county could use no more than 50% of its annual grant revenue for repayment, and only until those expenses are fully repaid. The county could use grant revenue for repayment until the qualifying expenses are fully repaid.