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      HOUSE BILL 10-1007
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Judd, Peniston, Roberts, Schafer S., Vaad,
      Frangas, Hullinghorst, Labuda, Middleton, Todd, Vigil;
      also SENATOR(S) Brophy, Steadman, Newell.
      
      
      Concerning an adjustment of fees charged by a county clerk and
           recorder for filing a document with the county.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  30-1-103 (1) and (4), Colorado Revised Statutes, are
      amended, and the said 30-1-103 is further amended BY THE ADDITION
      OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read:
      
           30-1-103.  Fees of county clerk and recorders.  (1)  Fees collected
      by county clerk and recorders shall be as follows: For filing or recording
      each document for which a fee is not specifically provided, except tax
      schedules and claims against the county, for which no fee shall be allowed,
      in cities and counties and in counties of every class, said the clerk shall
      receive ten dollars for the first page and five dollars per for each
      additional page.
      
           (4)  Documents containing multiple grants, notices, assignments, or
      releases of leases, deeds of trust, mortgages, or liens, or other instruments
      that require multiple entries in the grantor or grantee index, shall incur an
      additional fee of five dollars for each such entry in excess of one per
      document.
      
           (5)  The fee described in subsection (1) of this section shall
      not be collected on any filing received by the county clerk and
      recorder as an authorized agent of the executive director of the
      department of revenue pursuant to section 38-29-128 or 42-6-121,
      C.R.S., in which case the fee collected shall be five dollars per
      page.
      
           SECTION 2.  Applicability.  This act shall apply to documents filed
      on or after July 1, 2010.
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Terrance D. Carroll                Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO