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IN SB0422
Bill
Status
2/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Ronald Grooms
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AI Summary
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Establishes a $2 court security fee collected by circuit court and city/town court clerks in each action where a person is required to pay criminal or civil costs fees.
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Fee sunsets after four years (expires July 1, 2019).
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All collected court security fees are distributed to the auditor of state, who transfers them to the courthouse security fund administered by the judicial center.
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Authorizes the judicial center to award grants from the fund to counties, cities, and towns for installing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading security measures and systems in courtrooms and buildings containing courtrooms.
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Grant applications must be submitted by courts in collaboration with the county sheriff and county/city/town fiscal body, with consideration given to security needs and existing court security plans.
Legislative Description
Court security fees and funds. Provides that a county, city, or town may adopted an ordinance to establish a local court security fee. Provides that the revenue provided to a county, city, or town from a local court security fee may be used only for local court security purposes. Provides that a redevelopment commission may provide revenue to a county, city, or town from property tax proceeds allocated to the redevelopment commission from a tax increment financing area, if the legislative body of the county, city, or town and the redevelopment commission adopt substantially similar authorizing resolutions following a joint
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
3/5/2015