Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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SB248: Circuit and district courts; use by Virginia State Bar of additional fees.
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 $5 $10
and (ii) upon commencement of a civil action in such general district court, an
additional fee of $5 $10.
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) $4 $9
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.
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