House of Representatives

HB 2295

county information storage fund

Sponsors: Representatives Binder: Carruthers, Foster, et al.

DPA	Committee on Counties & Municipalities
Dpa	Caucus and COW
X	As Passed the House

HB 2295 allows a county assessor’s property information storage and retrieval conversion and maintenance fund (CAPISRCM) to be established in each county having a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.

Provisions

· Stipulates that a CAPISRCM may be established in county’s having a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.

· Creates a delayed effective date of December 31, 2001

· Authorizes the board of supervisors to administer and, in cooperation with the county assessor, spend the fund monies in order to defray the cost of converting the county’s property information storage and retrieval system to micrographics or computer animation.

· Specifies that fund monies shall only be used to purchase hardware and software, including a graphical information system and to train employees.

· Requires the county general fund to reimburse the CAPISRCM fund for all improper and inconsistent expenditures as determined by the auditor general.

· Allows the board of supervisors to collect a special recording surcharge of up to four dollars for each instrument, paper or notice filed with the county recorder, which will be deposited in the CAPISRCM fund.

· Clarifies that the board of supervisors must approve the special assessment fee.

· Requires the county recorder to submit to the board of supervisors an annual amount of projected revenues to be raised for the CAPISRCM fund.

· Stipulates that any implementation resolution shall contain the following:

Ø a determination of the total amount of monies and schedule of time required to implement the systems.

Ø an estimate of the annual fees to be collected.

Ø an automatic repeal of the authority to impose and collect the assessment fees when enough monies have been collected to assess the system or the original time schedule is completed.

· Allows the county recorder to collect all monies for the fund.

Establishes a delayed repeal date of December 31, 2006.

HB 2295 was amended in the Counties and Municipalities Committee as follows:

· Creates a delayed effective date of December 31, 2001.

· Specifies that the fund may be established in county’s having a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.

· Changes the name of the fund to the county assessor’s property information storage and retrieval conversion and maintenance fund.

· Stipulates that fund monies shall only be used to purchase hardware and software, including a graphical information system and to train employees.

· Clarifies that the board of supervisors must approve the special assessment fee.

· Requires that any implementation resolution shall contain the following:

Ø a determination of the total amount of monies and schedule of time required to implement the systems.

Ø an estimate of the annual fees to be collected.

Ø an automatic repeal of the authority to impose and collect the assessment fees when enough monies have been collected to assess the system or the original time schedule is completed.

· Allows the county recorder to collect all monies for the fund.

· Establishes a delayed repeal date of December 31, 2006.

The Counties & Municipalities Committee amendments were adopted in the Committee of the Whole.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 April 17, 2001

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