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NEWYORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 41 STATE STREET Local L a w Filing ALBANY, NY 12231 (Use this form to file a local law with the Secretary of State.) Text of law shouid be given as amended. Do not include matter being eliminated and do not use italics or underlining to indicate new matter. STA^^ m County . r / / P n • City Cortland , ^ C L / • Town— ~ • Ob 2009 a Village ^'SCaUNPQ Local Law No. 1 of the year 20 ^ ^ T A T ^ ^ ^ C O f ? { ^ A local law Providing for Enhanced Personal Privacy Protection for Documents Recorded in (Insert Title) ^ — — — — _ _ _ _ _ ttie Office ofthe County Clerk, and Authorizing an Increase in Fees Collected by the County Clerk for the Recording, Entering, Indexing and Endorsing a Certificate or any Instrument Be it enacted bythe County Legislature (Name of Legfsfafive SodyJ — _ — • County ° City Cortland asfoHows: • Town B Village See Attached (If additional space is needed, attach pages the same size as this sheet, and number each.) DOS-239 (Rev. 05/05) Page 1 of 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- (Complete the certification in the paragraph that applies to the filing of this local law and strike out that which is not applicable.) 1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.) „ I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of Cortland ^ was duly passed by the Countv Legislature on December 18 ?n 08_ , in accordance with the applicable (Name of Legislative Body) provisions of taw. 2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval, no disapproval or repassage after disapproval by the Elective Chief Executive Officer*,) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of the (County){City)(Town)(Village) of _ _ _ _ ^ was duly passed by the on 20 ,andwas(approved)(notapproved) (Name of Legislative Body) (repassed afterdisapproval) by the and was deemed duly adopted (Elective Chief Executive Officer*) on 20 , in accordance w ith the applicable provisions of law. 3. (Final adoption by referendum.) i hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of the (County){City)(Town)(Viilage) of _ _ ^ was duly passed by the on 20 .and was (approved)( not approved) (Name of Legislative Body) (repassed after disapproval) by the ^ _ _ _ _ ^ — ^on 20 (Elective Chief Executive Officer*) Such local law was submitted to the people by reason ofa (mandatory)(permissive) referendum, and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the (genera!) (special)(annual) election held on 20 ^ in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. 4. (Subject to permissive referendum and final adoption because no valid petition was filed requesting referendum.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 ^ _ „ _ _ _ _ of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of ^ was duly passed by the on 20 — , and was (approved)(not approved) (Name ofLegislative Body) (repassed afterdisapproval) bythe on 20 _ . Such local (Elective Chief Executive Officer*) law was subject to permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum was filed as of _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ 20 , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. * Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county-wide basis or, if there be none, the chairperson of the county legislative body, the mayor of a city or village, or the supervisor of a town where such officer is vested with the power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances. DOS-239 (Rev. 05/05) Page 2 of 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- 5. (City local law concerning Charter revision proposed by petition.) 1 hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as locai law Nn of 20 of the City of having been submitted to referendum pursuant to the provisions ofsection (36)(37) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority ofthe qualified electors ofsuch city voting thereon at the (special)(general) election held on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?n became operative. 6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law Nn of 20 _ _ _ _ _ of the County of State of New York, having been submitted to the electors at the General Election of November 20 , pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 33 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the cities of said county as a unit and a majority of the qualified electors ofthe towns ofsaid county considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative. (If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate certification.) I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and ofthe whole ofsuch original locai law, and wasfinaily adapted in the manner indicated in paragraph J , above. _ ) - ^ ^ i ^ ^ C ^ ^ ^ Clerk of the county legislative body, City, Town or Village Clerk or officer designated by local legislative body (Seal) Date: / Z - 2 - C - ^ (Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney or other authorized attorney of locality.) STATEOF NEWYORK COUNTYOF CORTLAND I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all proper proceedings have been had or taken for the enactment of the local law annexed hereto. ft Signature County Attorney Title C'LCounty.v' City^^ Cortland Town Village Date: ^ ^ DOS-239 (Rev. 05/05) Page 3 of 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- Local Law Providing for Enhanced Personal Privacy Protection for Documents Recorded in the Office ofthe County Clerk, and Authorizing an Increase in Fees Collected by the County Clerk for the Recording, Entering, Indexing and Endorsing a Certificate on any Instrument. Be it enacted by the County Legislature of Cortland County as follows: Section 1. Title. This law shall be known as the "Enhanced Personal Privacy Protection for Recorded Documents Law." Section 2. Declaration of intent. In accordance with subparagraph of paragraph 4 of subdivision of section 8021 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, as amended by Chapter 78 of the Laws of 1989, the Cortland County Legislature hereby authorizes and directs the Cortland County Clerk to increase the fees charged for certain documents recorded with the county clerk's office in accordance with Section 3 herein. Section 3. Fees for recording documents. The fee for recording, entering, indexing and endorsing a certificate on any instrument, be and here is increased from five dollars ($5.00) to twenty dollars ($20.00) and, in addition thereto, the fee for each page or portion of a page be and hereby is increased from three dollars ($3.00) to five ($5.00) dollars. For the purpose of determining the appropriate recording fee, the fee for any cover page shall be deemed an additional page of the instrument. A cover page shall not include any social security account number or date of birth. To the extent that the Cortland County Clerk has placed an image of such cover page on line, the county clerk shall make a good faith effort to redact such information. Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is for any reason declared unconstitutional, or invalid or in whole or in part by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable and such unconstitutionality or invalidation shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this law which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 5. Effective date. This local law shall take effect thirty days after filing in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to section 27 ofthe municipal home rule law.