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2006 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17.1-278 of the Code of Virginia, as it shall become effective, is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-278. (Effective July 1, 2006) Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar.
In addition to the fees prescribed by § 16.1-69.48:2 and
subdivision A 13 of § 17.1-275 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 a civil action in
such circuit court, an additional fee of $4 $5 and (ii) upon
commencement of a civil action in such general district court, an additional
fee of $4 $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)
$3 $4 to a special fund within the Virginia State Bar fund to be
designated the Legal Aid Services Fund, and (ii) $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.