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2006 SESSION
SB 157 Courts Technology Fund; created, increase in certain fees.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Courts Technology Fund; creation. Creates a special non-reverting fund to be administered by the Supreme Court of Virginia funded by (i) a $5 increase until December 31, 2006, on certain civil case filings and a $10 increase thereafter on these and other civil case filings in the district and circuit courts, (ii) doubling the filing fee in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to $50, and (iii) a $14 increase in the Supreme Court fee for a law license certificate and a certificate of qualification. Money in the Fund is to be allocated at the direction of the Supreme Court of Virginia to staff, advance, update, maintain, replace, repair and support the telecommunications and technology systems of the judicial system. Revenues raised in support of the Fund shall not be used to supplant current funding to the judicial branch. This bill is identical to HB 68.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 061124160 pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/06 Senate: Printed as engrossed 061124160-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/06 Senate: Conference substitute printed 065246780-S1 pdf
- 03/21/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB157ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/17/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments
- House amendments engrossed
- House amendments rejected
- Senate amendments
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/10/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 061124160
- 01/10/06 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/06 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/07/06 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/06 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/06 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/09/06 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/09/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB157E
- 02/09/06 Senate: Printed as engrossed 061124160-E
- 02/10/06 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/06 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/06 House: Read first time
- 02/14/06 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/17/06 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Technology (Wardrup)
- 02/27/06 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendments (23-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/06 House: Read second time
- 03/01/06 House: Read third time
- 03/01/06 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/01/06 House: Amendments by Delegate Morgan agreed to
- 03/01/06 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/01/06 House: Passed House with amendments (84-Y 11-N)
- 03/01/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (84-Y 11-N)
- 03/01/06 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 03/01/06 House: Amendments by Delegate Morgan reconsidered
- 03/01/06 House: Committee amendments reconsidered
- 03/01/06 House: Committee amendment #1 rejected
- 03/01/06 House: Committee amendment #2 agreed to
- 03/01/06 House: Amendments by Delegate Morgan agreed to
- 03/01/06 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/01/06 House: Passed House with amendments (82-Y 16-N)
- 03/01/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (82-Y 16-N)
- 03/01/06 Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N)
- 03/01/06 Senate: VOTE: (3-Y 36-N)
- 03/01/06 House: House insisted on amendments
- 03/01/06 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/01/06 Senate: Senate acceded to request (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/06 Senate: VOTE: (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/06 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/01/06 Senate: Senators: Norment, Stolle, Quayle
- 03/01/06 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/01/06 House: Delegates: Callahan, Wardrup, Abbitt
- 03/10/06 Senate: Conference substitute printed 065246780-S1
- 03/10/06 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/10/06 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/06 House: Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 6-N)
- 03/10/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (89-Y 6-N)
- 03/21/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB157ER)
- 03/21/06 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/21/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/17/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)