HB 3175
Removes the cap on fees a county may charge to fund the county's activities related to public land survey corners.
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Support
96%
Oppose
4%
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Bill overview
This bill removes a limit on the fees counties can charge to fund activities related to maintaining public land survey corners. Currently, counties are restricted in how much they can charge for these services. The bill aims to provide counties with more resources to preserve and manage these important landmarks. This change will allow counties to better support the upkeep of survey corners.
Key provisions
- Establishes the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund.
- Allows counties to use the fund for expenses related to survey corners.
- Requires counties to provide public notice and hold a public hearing before establishing fees.
- Removes the existing fee cap for recording instruments.
- Mandates monthly deposit of collected fees into the Preservation Fund.
- Specifies that the fund is used for establishment, reestablishment, and maintenance of survey corners.
Who is affected
- Counties
- County Surveyors
- Property Owners
- Land Surveyors
- Oregon Residents
Notable changes
- Eliminates the previous $10 fee cap for recording instruments.
- Provides counties with greater flexibility in funding public land survey corner maintenance.
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Arguments in favor
Reasons to support this legislation.
Supporters of modernizing the Public Land Corner Preservation Program advocate for allowing counties to establish fees based on local needs, which would help fund the program and benefit all Oregonians. Many testifiers, including Lincoln County, Hood River County, Lane County, Polk County, Linn County, Josephine County, Clackamas County, Wasco County, the Oregon Association of County Clerks, and Deschutes County, urge support for House Bill 3175 to address increasing costs and ensure accurate property boundary preservation. They argue that this modernization would enable counties to set fees based on local needs, allowing for increased funding and improved maintenance of public land corners, which are critical for surveyors, developers, and other stakeholders.
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