2004-860-Ordinance No. 2004-014 Recorded 6/14/2004REVIEWED
LEGAL COUNSEL
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CODE REVIEW MITTEE
DESCHUTES COUNTY OFFICIAL
NANCY BLANKENSHIP, COUNTY
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2004-860
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06/14/2004 03;41;04 PM
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.08 of the
Deschutes County Code authorizing County Clerk to ORDINANCE NO. 2004-014
not refund overpayments for recording fee checks
$10.00 or less and declaring an emergency. '
WHEREAS, the Deschutes County Finance Department estimates that the direct cost to the County for
issuing a refund check is between $2.00 and $4.00 and total cost including overhead allocation is approximately
$10 - $20; and
WHEREAS, the County Clerk's office receive checks for recording fees which exceed the amount of the
recording fee; and
WHEREAS; the cost to the County of refunding overpayments exceeds the amount of the overpayment;
now therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, ORDAINS as
follows:
Section 1. COUNTY POLICY. County policy should be to refund amounts of $10.00 or less only when
requested by the person submitting the documents to be recorded.
Section 2. AMENDMENT. Deschutes County Code Chapter 2.08, County Clerk, is amended to read
as described in Exhibit 'A" attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, with new language
underlined and language to be deleted in strip#.
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Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Ordinance takes effect on it
passage.
044,
APPROVED this / — day of June 2004 for the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
MIC19AEL M. DALY, Chaif
TO DE O , Commiss ner
DENNIS R. LUKE, Commissioner
Date of 1St Reading: 0 day of , 2004.
Date of 2nd Reading: qA day of l-2� , 2004.
Record of Adoption Vote
Commissioner Yes No Abstained Excused
Michael M. Daly
Tom DeWolf
Dennis R. Luke
Effective date: M4; 84.
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
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Chapter 2.08. COUNTY CLERK
2.08.010. Hours for receiving and recording
documents.
2.08.020 Refund of Over -payments of
Recording fees
2.08.010. Hours for receiving and recording
documents.
The hours of receiving and recording documents
in the County Clerk's office shall be from 8:00
a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on each judicial day, except
for the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Year's Day.
(Ord. 97-061 § 1, 1997; Ord. 96-029 § 1, 1996;
Ord. 81-034 § 1, 1981)
2.08.020 Refund of Over -payments of
Recording fees
Unless requested by the person submitting the
documents to be recorded, no refund for over-
payment shall be issued for any overpayment
received by check of $10.00 or less received by
the County Clerk's office for payment of
recording fees.
Chapter 2.08 1 (10/2001)