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2004 SESSION
041427252Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17.1-278 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-278. Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar.
In addition to the fees prescribed by §§ 16.1-69.48:2 and 17.1-275 A 13 and to
be collected by the clerk of the circuit or general district court upon the
filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions in such courts, the
following additional fees shall be collected in all cities and counties in
which civil legal representation is provided for the poor, without charge, by a
nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State
Bar: (i) upon commencement of an action whether at law or in chancery in such
circuit court, an additional fee of four dollars $5 and (ii) upon commencement
of a civil action in such general district court, an additional fee of four
dollars $5.
The additional fees prescribed by this action shall be collected by the clerk
at the time of the filing. The amounts so collected shall be paid by the clerk
to the state treasury and credited as follows: (i) three dollars $4 to a
special fund within the Virginia State Bar fund to be designated the Legal Aid Services Fund, and
(ii) one dollar $1 to the general fund for funding of the district courts of
the Commonwealth. Such amount for the district courts shall be used to assist
indigent litigants. Such amounts credited to the Legal Aid Services Fund shall
be disbursed by the Virginia State Bar by check from the State Treasurer upon a
warrant of the Comptroller to nonprofit legal aid programs organized under the
auspices of the Virginia State Bar through the Legal Services Corporation of
Virginia to assist in defraying the costs of such programs. However, the
additional fees prescribed by this section shall not be collected in actions
initiated by any local government or by the Commonwealth.
[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2006. ]