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GA HB1328
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/10/2010
Primary Sponsor
Roger Lane
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AI Summary
- Increases the superior court clerk's fee for civil case services from $58 to $91, raises the fee for preparing appellate records from $1.50 to $8.00 per page, and increases notary public appointment fees from $13 to $20, among numerous other superior court fee adjustments for inflation
- Raises probate court costs for initial decedent estate proceedings from $90 to $109, minor guardianship proceedings from $60 to $73, and sterilization/involuntary treatment proceedings from $75 to $91, with similar increases across dozens of other probate court fees
- Increases the magistrate court maximum civil filing deposit from $20 to $43, raises the maximum cost for county ordinance violation convictions from $30 to $63, and increases the arrest/search warrant hearing fee cap from $10 to $16
- Adjusts sheriff's civil service fees upward, including process serving from $25 to $39 per copy, witness summoning from $6 to $9, and levy/writ of fieri facias from $25 to $38, while repealing obsolete sheriff fees for court attendance, election duty, and per-mile mileage
- Repeals several outdated fee categories, including superior court fees for jury scrip issuance, clerk per diem court attendance, and incorporation filing proceedings, and corrects related cross-references in statutes governing professional associations and rural telephone cooperatives
Legislative Description
Courts; adjust certain fees for inflation; provisions
Last Action
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
3/24/2010
Committee Referrals
Judiciary - Non-Civil3/10/2010
Full Bill Text
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