Plain English Breakdown
The official status indicates a veto, but it does not confirm whether that veto was overridden by the legislature.
AB-1430: Proposed Changes to County Recorder Fees
This vetoed bill proposed raising fees for recording documents at county offices and changing how those funds are used.
What This Bill Does
- Sets the fee for recording the first page of a document at $15 instead of $10, but limits it to reasonable costs.
- Raises the fee for each additional page to $4 instead of $3, limited by reasonable costs.
- Requires that all collected fees be used only by the county recorder's office, removing the rule that sent money to the general fund.
- Increases the portion of fees dedicated to modernizing document systems from $1 per extra page to $3 per extra page.
- Removes a 2026 expiration date for rules about preserving records and updates terms like 'archival microfilm' to 'archival mediums'.
- States that no state reimbursement is required for the new duties placed on counties.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who pay fees to record documents at county offices.
- County recorder's offices in California.
- County boards of supervisors regarding fee collection rules.
Terms To Know
- Recordation
- The official process of filing a document with the government so it becomes part of the public record.
- County General Fund
- A pool of money held by a county for general use, separate from specific office budgets.
- Archival Mediums
- Materials or systems used to store and preserve old records permanently.
Limits and Unknowns
- The governor vetoed this bill, so it did not become law.
- Fees cannot be higher than the actual reasonable costs of providing the service.
- It is unclear if lawmakers later overrode the governor's veto.