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Bill	COUNTY RECORDER-FEE SCHEDULES	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that on or before January 1, 2019, a county shall adopt and implement a predictable fee schedule that eliminates surcharges or fees based upon the individual attributes of documents to be recorded with the county recorder. Provides that fees for standard documents are divided into 5 classifications of document class flat fees, which are inclusive of county and State fees required for each recorded document. Provides for methods that the non-predictable fees may be increased prior to adopting document class flat fees. Provides that prior to increasing a document class flat fee, a cost study must be completed showing that the increase is needed because the document class flat fees are not sufficient to cover the cost of providing the service. Defines "standard document" and "nonstandard document". Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 3036	Illinois HB 3036 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/fa80eae2-773f-49ed-bef3-d0fd24bb6000	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3036&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104604&SessionID=91&GA=100	445d16cea13c70f12809733a075a889726fa3ecc25f6103adcd47923d4b8133b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3036 (100th) — COUNTY RECORDER-FEE SCHEDULES

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that on or before January 1, 2019, a county shall adopt and implement a predictable fee schedule that eliminates surcharges or fees based upon the individual attributes of documents to be recorded with the county recorder. Provides that fees for standard documents are divided into 5 classifications of document class flat fees, which are inclusive of county and State fees required for each recorded document. Provides for methods that the non-predictable fees may be increased prior to adopting document class flat fees. Provides that prior to increasing a document class flat fee, a cost study must be completed showing that the increase is needed because the document class flat fees are not sufficient to cover the cost of providing the service. Defines "standard document" and "nonstandard document". Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 81–32 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
• 2017-03-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
• 2017-04-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-032-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2017-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2017-05-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2017-05-05 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2017-05-12 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
• 2017-05-16 Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-22 Effective Date August 22, 2017
• 2017-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0271 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa80eae2-773f-49ed-bef3-d0fd24bb6000. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).