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IN HB1167
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Robert Cherry
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AI Summary
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Allows counties, cities, and towns to adopt an ordinance establishing a $2 local court security fee collected in criminal and civil court actions.
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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.
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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.
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Does not apply to counties containing a consolidated city.
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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