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SENATE BILL NO. 780 Offered January 8, 2003 Prefiled January 6, 2003 A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-281 of the Code of Virginia, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, relating to assessments for courthouse construction, etc., and law libraries. ---------- Patron-- Blevins ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-281 of the Code of Virginia, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-281. (Effective until July 1, 2003) Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance.

Any county or city, through its governing body, may assess a sum not in excess of two 2 dollars as part of the costs in (i) each civil action filed in the district or circuit courts located within its boundaries and (ii) each criminal or traffic case in its district or circuit court in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance. The total assessments authorized by any county or city in a civil action pursuant to this section and § 42.1-70 shall not exceed four dollars. If a town provides court facilities for a county, the governing body of the county shall return to the town a portion of the assessments collected based on the number of civil, criminal and traffic cases originating and heard in the town.

The imposition of such assessment shall be by ordinance of the governing body which may provide for different sums in circuit courts and district courts. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the court in which the action is filed, remitted to the treasurer of the appropriate county or city and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by the governing body for the construction, renovation, or maintenance of courthouse or jail and court-related facilities and to defray increases in the cost of heating, cooling, electricity, and ordinary maintenance.

The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law. The assessment shall be required in each felony case regardless of the existence of a local ordinance requiring its payment.

§ 17.1-281. (Effective July 1, 2003) Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance.

Any county or city, through its governing body, may assess a sum not in excess of two 2 dollars as part of the costs in (i) each civil action filed in the district or circuit courts located within its boundaries and (ii) each criminal or traffic case in its district or circuit court in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance. The total assessments authorized by any county or city in a civil action pursuant to this section and § 42.1-70 shall not exceed four dollars. If a town provides court facilities for a county, the governing body of the county shall return to the town a portion of the assessments collected based on the number of civil, criminal and traffic cases originating and heard in the town.

The imposition of such assessment shall be by ordinance of the governing body which may provide for different sums in circuit courts and district courts. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the court in which the action is filed, remitted to the treasurer of the appropriate county or city and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by the governing body for the construction, renovation, or maintenance of courthouse or jail and court-related facilities and to defray increases in the cost of heating, cooling, electricity, and ordinary maintenance.

The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law. The assessment shall be required in each felony, misdemeanor, or traffic infraction case, regardless of the existence of a local ordinance requiring its payment.