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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRAOT Meeting Date: December 3, 2001 Action Agan a Item No. - SUBJECT: Adoption of Unifcim Fee Schedule for Register of Deeds antl Creation of Automation Enhancement and Preservation Funtl Per House Bill 10]3 DEPARTMENT: Register of Deeds antl BUtlget PUBLIC HEARING (Y/N) No' ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Attachment 1. Wifoim Fee Schedule for Joyce Peareon, 245.26]6 Reglater of Deeds Donna Dean, 245-2151 Albchmenl2. Automation Enhancement and Preservation Fund Cepifel Pmjecl TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Ortllnence Hillsborough 732181 Chapel HIII B68d501 Durham 688•]331 Nsbane 336-22]-2031 PURPOSE: To atlopt a Uniform Fee Schedule (effective Jenuery 1, 2002) for Register of Deetls as mentlemtl by Nonh Carolina General Statute 161-00 (a) antl to create an Automation Enhancement and Preservation Funtl as mandated by Nodh Camlina General Statute 161- 11.3. BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes 105 antl 161 auNOrize Registers of Deetl [o collect fees for trensactiona they conduct. With the recent atloption of the State budget, the General Assembly eppmved Session Lew 2001-390, House BIII 10]3. TM1IS BIII mandates increases In wme fees that General StaWte 181-10(al authorizes. The effective tlate of me new fees is January 1, 2002. Attachment 1 of this abatred outlines the fee changes authorized by House Bill 1073. Over the last taw years, the State has enceuraged mun0es to automate their deeds and vkal recortls systems inGUding new as well as old receNa. Many mumles have fountl [his [o be a ms0y initiative-periiculady the conversion of oltl paper remMS to eledmnic images. Another notable element of House Bill 1073 is that it creates a new staWtory requirement (G.S. 181- 11.3) that mandates counties to set aside ten percent of all GS-161 relatetl fees in a "non- reverting Automation Enhancement and Preservation Funff" Allowable expentlkures from [hls new Funtl inclutle computer antl imaging technclagy for the Register of Deetls office. The monies that accumulate in the Automation Enhancement antl Preservation Funtl would be n addkionel revenue source for the Countys long range Capital Investment Plen (CIP) to o0set some of [he mst associated with recoN wnversion antl malnfenance. Butlget Staff wlll work wdh the Register of Deetls over Ne next few months b estimate future years revenues for this fund.