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2010 SESSION

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SB 329 District and circuit courts; increases court fees.

Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Court fees. Increases the court fees in both district and circuit court from (i) $27 to $75 in a district court civil action and (ii) the current scale of $60-$160 to $500-$1,000 in civil actions in circuit court. The fee increases under this bill in district court are allocated to the sheriffs' departments, and the increases in circuit court are split between the sheriffs' (85%) and the commonwealth attorneys' (15%) offices to be used exclusively for achieving the current staffing standards of the two constitutional offices. The $10 fee for the Courts Technology Fund is removed from civil cases. The Fund still receives fees applicable to other filings in the circuit and appellate courts.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103517D  pdf
• 02/08/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105144D-S1  pdf
• 02/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105296D-S2  pdf
• 02/12/10  Senate: Floor substitute printed 10105332D-S3 (Stuart)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments rejected

HISTORY

• 01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103517D
• 01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 02/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
• 02/08/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105144D-S1
• 02/08/10  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/10/10  Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
• 02/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105296D-S2
• 02/11/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/10  Senate: Read second time
• 02/12/10  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/12/10  Senate: Floor substitute printed 10105332D-S3 (Stuart)
• 02/15/10  Senate: Read second time
• 02/15/10  Senate: Motion to pass by for the day withdrawn
• 02/15/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/15/10  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 10105144D-S1
• 02/15/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/15/10  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 10105296D-S2
• 02/15/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/15/10  Senate: Substitute by Senator Stuart agreed to 10105332D-S3
• 02/15/10  Senate: Amendment by Senator Norment withdrawn
• 02/15/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB329S3
• 02/15/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/10  Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
• 02/18/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/18/10  House: Read first time
• 02/18/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/14/10  House: Left in Courts of Justice