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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Ind. Courts - Proposed increases in the automated recordkeeping fee an issue again this year
Again this year a request is before the General Assembly to raise the automated recordkeeping fee, collected by the county clerks for each case filed, but sent on in its entirety to the state, mostly to fund the JTAC project. The proposal as it currently stands would raise the $4.00 per case (which it is scheduled to revert to this July 1st) to, as shown in the chart below, $6.00 per case until July 2013.
| Annual Automated Record Keeping Fee Through the 21st Century | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $2 annually |
| 2002 | $5 annually until 7-1-03, then $7 annually until 7-1-09, then $4 annually thereafter. |
| 2004 | $7 annually until 7-1-09, then $4 annually thereafter. |
| 2007 | $7 annually until 7-1-11, then $4 annually thereafter. |
| 2009 | 2011 | $7 annually until 7-1-11, then $6 until 7-1-13, then $4 annually thereafter. [proposed - SB 301] |
The chart shows the current language of SB 301, as it passed the Senate.
The bill is before the House Courts Committee this afternoon at 3:30 pm in Room 156-C. Amendments may be considered.
As SB 301 was introduced in the Senate, it instead would have raised the fee to $10 from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015. Thereafter, the fee would have gone down, but only down to $7.
The House committee heard testimony on SB 301 last Thursday. It was quite interesting; it is a pity no records are kept of committee hearings.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 31, 2011 10:16 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts