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County-recording fee bill fails after debate over 'may' vs. 'shall' and consumer costs
Summary
Representative Susan Cohen's bill to let county recorders charge fees for multiple items filed on one document (HB81) prompted extended debate about consumer costs and whether counties should be required ("shall") or permitted ("may") to charge. The House rejected the measure on a final vote, 31-40.
Representative Susan Cohen, sponsor of House Bill 81, opened floor debate by saying the proposal addresses a narrow issue in the county recorder's fee statute: when multiple recordable items are combined on a single paper, recorders should be able to charge the fees that would have applied had the items been filed separately.
Cohen said: "The changes in this piece of legislation are very simple...if they are combined into 1 document, they can be charged the fees that…
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