TRANSFER FEE COVENANT ACT
Summary
Creates the Transfer Fee Covenant Act. States legislative findings and declares that transfer fee covenants violate the public policy of favoring the transferability of real property free of unreasonable restraints. Defines transfer, transfer fee, and transfer fee covenant. Provides that a transfer fee covenant or a lien to secure the payment of a transfer fee that is recorded after the effective date is void, unenforceable, and does not run with the title to the real property. Provides that it cannot be presumed that the provisions of this Act mean that a transfer fee covenant or lien recorded before the effective date is valid and enforceable.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2010
Committee Review
May 2010
Senate Passage
May 2010
House Passage
Apr 2010
Signed into Law
Jul 2010
Introduced Mar 16, 2010
Signed Jul 27, 2010
Floor votes · Senate May 4, 2010 · House Apr 29, 2010
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 49
May 4, 2010
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican19
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
8
Committee
10
Amendments
4
Jul 27, 2010
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 4, 2010
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 4, 2010
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-002
upper
May 4, 2010
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
upper
May 3, 2010
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
upper
May 3, 2010
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 30, 2010
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 3, 2010
upper
Apr 30, 2010
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
upper
Apr 29, 2010
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (93-1-1)
house
Apr 21, 2010
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000
lower
Apr 21, 2010
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Apr 21, 2010
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2010
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Mar 16, 2010
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 16, 2010
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 3, 2010
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000
upper
Feb 24, 2010
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 11, 2010
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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