Bill Text: VA SB908 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Court fees; increases from $10 to $14 additional fees that are collected.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) [SB908 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-SB908-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 908 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 10, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-278 of the Code of Virginia, relating to court fees. ---------- Patron-- McEachin ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be 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 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 $10 $14 and (ii) upon commencement of a civil action in such general district court, an additional fee of $10 $14.

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) $9 $13 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.