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OH HB540
Bill
Status
6/1/2010
Primary Sponsor
Clyde Evans
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AI Summary
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Increases the computerization fee for court clerk offices from $10 to $20 for municipal, county, and common pleas courts.
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Requires all court-collected moneys to be paid to appropriate recipients by the twentieth day of each month, replacing the previous "first business day" requirement.
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Permits municipal, county, and common pleas courts to collect unpaid court costs, fees, and fines (unpaid for at least two years) from state income tax refunds of obligors, with priority given to other tax offsets.
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Requires the Auditor of State to develop and periodically update a chart detailing the distribution of all court costs, fees, and fines collected by court clerks.
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Establishes the Committee on Court Costs consisting of nine members representing the legislature, judiciary, court clerks, and judges to study court cost impacts and provide recommendations for system improvements.
Legislative Description
To increase from ten dollars to twenty dollars the fee for the computerization of the office of the clerks of the municipal, the county, and common pleas courts, to require that all moneys collected by the clerk of a court be paid to the appropriate person, fund, or entity on or before the twentieth day of each month, to permit the municipal court, county court, and court of common pleas to collect unpaid court costs, fees, or fines from an obligor's state income tax refund, to require the Auditor of State to create and maintain a chart detailing the distribution of court costs, fees, and fines collected by court clerks, and to create the Committee on Court Costs.
Courts-fiscal adminstration
Last Action
To Judiciary
6/1/2010