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IN HB1167

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2016

Primary Sponsor

Robert Cherry

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows counties, cities, and towns to adopt an ordinance establishing a $2 local court security fee collected in criminal and civil court actions.

  • Court clerks must collect the $2 fee in each action where a person is required to pay either a criminal costs fee or civil costs fee.

  • Revenue from the local court security fee must be distributed to the county or city/town general fund and may only be used for installing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading security measures, plans, procedures, and systems in courtrooms and courthouse buildings.

  • Does not apply to counties containing a consolidated city.

  • Effective July 1, 2016.

Legislative Description

Local court security fees. Allows a county, city, or town to adopt an ordinance to establish a $2 local court security fee to be collected in each action in which a person is required to pay: (1) a criminal costs fee; or (2) a civil costs fee. Specifies that the revenue provided to a county, city, or town from a local court security fee may be used only to pay for the costs of installing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading security measures, plans, procedures, and systems in and around: (1) courtrooms; and (2) buildings that contain courtrooms; located in the county,

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

1/7/2016

Committee Referrals

Courts and Criminal Code1/7/2016

Full Bill Text

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