House orders perfection of HB 2422 to raise recorder fee by $1 to sustain Land Survey program; housing-fee amendment withdrawn
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Summary
House ordered HB 2422 perfected to raise the recording fee from $4 to $5, directing the additional $1 to the Department of Agriculture Land Survey Program to prevent program discontinuation; an amendment to raise a separate recording fee for the Missouri Housing Trust Fund was offered then withdrawn.
The House ordered House Bill 2422 perfected and printed; the bill would raise the standard recording fee on documents from $4 to $5 and dedicate the additional $1 to support the Missouri Department of Agriculture Land Survey Program. Representative Morgan, the bill sponsor, told members the $1 allocation to the Department of Agriculture has not increased since the program was established in 1969 and that the program is deficit-spending and requires the increase to continue operations.
During debate the lady from Saint Louis offered an amendment (described as House Bill 2830) that would raise a separate recorded-document fee from $3 to $9 to support the Missouri Housing Trust Fund and address homelessness and affordable housing, but she later withdrew the amendment after discussion about timing and the underlying bill sponsor’s request to keep HB 2422 unamended to preserve its chance of passage. Supporters of the sponsor said the requested $1 increase was modest, long overdue, and necessary to prevent the land survey program from ceasing; members with land-survey experience urged passage.
On the floor members discussed the fee mechanics (collected by county recorder offices at the time a document is filed), the 1969 origin of the $1 allocation, and rule-making authority added in the bill to allow the Department of Agriculture to produce and reproduce records and set certain fees. The House ordered the bill perfected and printed for subsequent steps.
