Bill Text: NH HB652 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to the judicial branch information technology fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-20 - Signed by Governor 06/20/2013; Effective 07/01/2013; Chapter 0088 [HB652 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HB652-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 88
HB 652-FN – FINAL VERSION
27Mar2013… 1024h
2013 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 652-FN
AN ACT relative to the judicial branch information technology fund.
This bill increases the percentage of court filing fees to be deposited in the judicial branch information technology fund and decreases the percentage of such fees to be deposited in the escrow fund for court facility improvements.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2013… 1024h
13-0332
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to the judicial branch information technology fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
88:1 Judicial Branch Information Technology Fund. Amend RSA 490:26-h, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) [Fourteen] Thirty percent of each entry fee collected in the [judicial branch family division and in the] supreme, [district,] superior, and [probate] circuit courts and 16.67 percent of the penalty assessment collected pursuant to RSA 188-F:31 shall be deposited in the judicial branch information technology fund.
88:2 Supreme Court; Entry Fees. Amend RSA 490:24, I to read as follows:
I. For the benefit of the state, there shall be paid to the clerk for the entry of every reserved case, bill of exceptions, petition, appeal, or other action, for the filing of every motion or other document supplementary to the entered case, and for any service rendered by the clerk, such fees as shall from time to time be established by the court. The clerk shall set aside [7] 6 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into a special escrow account established under RSA 490:26-c and [14] 30 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into the judicial branch information technology fund established under RSA 490:26-h. The proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice shall be paid into the law library revolving fund established in RSA 490:25, III.
88:3 Judicial Branch Family Division; Entry Fees. Amend RSA 490-D:12, II to read as follows:
II. Fees as established by the supreme court under RSA 490:26-a shall be paid to the clerk of the applicable circuit court established in RSA 490-F for the benefit of the state. The clerk shall set aside [7] 6 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into a special escrow account established under RSA 490:26-c and [14] 30 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into the judicial branch information technology fund established under RSA 490:26-h. The proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice shall be paid into the law library revolving fund established in RSA 490:25, III.
88:4 Superior Court; Entry Fees. Amend RSA 499:18, II to read as follows:
II. Fees as established by the supreme court under RSA 490:26-a shall be paid to the clerk of the applicable circuit court established in RSA 490-F for the benefit of the state. The clerk shall set aside [7] 6 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into a special escrow account established under RSA 490:26-c and [14] 30 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into the judicial branch information technology fund established under RSA 490:26-h. The proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice shall be paid into the law library revolving fund established in RSA 490:25, III.
88:5 District Court; Entry Fees. Amend RSA 502-A:28, II to read as follows:
II. The clerk shall set aside [7] 6 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into a special escrow account established under RSA 490:26-c and [14] 30 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into the judicial branch information technology fund established under RSA 490:26-h. The proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice shall be paid into the law library revolving fund established in RSA 490:25, III.
88:6 Probate Court, Entry Fees. Amend RSA 547:27-c, II to read as follows:
II. The clerk shall set aside [7] 6 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into a special escrow account established under RSA 490:26-c and [14] 30 percent of each entry fee paid into the court for deposit into the judicial branch information technology fund established under RSA 490:26-h. The proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice shall be paid into the law library revolving fund established in RSA 490:25, III.
88:7 Escrow Fund for Court Facility Improvements; Entry Fees. Amend RSA 490:26-c, I to read as follows:
I. [Seven] Six percent of each entry fee collected in the judicial branch family division and in the supreme, district, superior, and probate courts shall be deposited in escrow for court facility improvements. Moneys in the escrow fund shall be used for improvements to existing facilities by the department of administrative services as recommended and approved by the supreme court.
88:8 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
Approved: June 20, 2013
Effective Date: July 1, 2013
