(A) (1) Under the authority provided by I.C. 5-14-3-3.6(c)(2), the County Recorder has entered into a contract with a third party to provide enhanced access to recorded document index information and to recorded document images that are public records on file and under the legal authority of said Recorder.
(2) I.C. 5-14-3-3.6(e) and I.C. 5-14-3-8(h) permit the assessment of a reasonable fee for the provision of such enhanced access to public records.
(3) I.C. 5-14-3-8.3 requires the county fiscal body to adopt regulations to establish an enhanced access fund into which the enhanced assess fees received by the Recorder shall be deposited.
(B) The County Council does hereby establish the County Recorder Enhanced Access Fund No. 1154 (the “Fund”) to receive those fees collected by said Recorder for the above-described provision of enhanced public access to public recorders under said Recorder’s charge.
(C) The Fund shall be a dedicated fund and the monies deposited therein shall be used:
(1) For the replacement, improvement and expansion of equipment used to maintain the County Recorder’s document indexing system upon which enhanced access depends; and/or
(2) For the reimbursement of operating expenses incurred in providing enhanced access to public information by the County Recorder’s office.
(BC Ord. 2011-17, passed 8-8-2011)