Courts Technology Fund; created, increase in certain fees. (SB157)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Courts Technology Fund; creation. Creates a special non-reverting fund to be administered by the Supreme Court of Virginia funded by (i) a $5 increase until December 31, 2006, on certain civil case filings and a $10 increase thereafter on these and other civil case filings in the district and circuit courts, (ii) doubling the filing fee in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to $50, and (iii) a $14 increase in the Supreme Court fee for a law license certificate and a certificate of qualification. Money in the Fund is to be allocated at the direction of the Supreme Court of Virginia to staff, advance, update, maintain, replace, repair and support the telecommunications and technology systems of the judicial system. Revenues raised in support of the Fund shall not be used to supplant current funding to the judicial branch. This bill is identical to HB 68. Read the Bill »

Status

04/05/2006: signed by governor

History

Date	Action
01/10/2006	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 061124160
01/10/2006	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/18/2006	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
01/18/2006	Rereferred to Finance
02/07/2006	Fiscal impact statement from DPB (SB157)
02/07/2006	Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
02/08/2006	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/08/2006	VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
02/09/2006	Read second time
02/09/2006	Reading of amendment waived
02/09/2006	Committee amendment agreed to
02/09/2006	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB157E
02/09/2006	Printed as engrossed 061124160-E
02/10/2006	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/10/2006	VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
02/10/2006	Communicated to House
02/14/2006	Placed on Calendar
02/14/2006	Read first time
02/14/2006	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/17/2006	Fiscal impact statement from DPB (SB157E)
02/17/2006	Assigned App. sub: General Government and Technology (Wardrup)
02/27/2006	Reported from Appropriations with amendments (23-Y 1-N)
02/28/2006	Read second time
03/01/2006	Read third time
03/01/2006	Committee amendments agreed to
03/01/2006	Passed House with amendments (84-Y 11-N)
03/01/2006	VOTE: PASSAGE (84-Y 11-N)
03/01/2006	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
03/01/2006	Amendments by Delegate Morgan reconsidered
03/01/2006	Committee amendments reconsidered
03/01/2006	Committee amendment #1 rejected
03/01/2006	Committee amendment #2 agreed to
03/01/2006	Amendments by Delegate Morgan agreed to
03/01/2006	Engrossed by House as amended
03/01/2006	Passed House with amendments (82-Y 16-N)
03/01/2006	VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (82-Y 16-N)
03/01/2006	House amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N)
03/01/2006	VOTE: (3-Y 36-N)
03/01/2006	House insisted on amendments
03/01/2006	House requested conference committee
03/01/2006	Senate acceded to request (36-Y 0-N)
03/01/2006	VOTE: (36-Y 0-N)
03/01/2006	Conferees appointed by Senate
03/01/2006	Senators: Norment, Stolle, Quayle
03/01/2006	Conferees appointed by House
03/01/2006	Delegates: Callahan, Wardrup, Abbitt
03/10/2006	Conference substitute printed 065246780-S1
03/10/2006	Passed by temporarily
03/10/2006	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
03/10/2006	VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
03/10/2006	Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 6-N)
03/10/2006	VOTE: ADOPTION (89-Y 6-N)
03/21/2006	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB157ER)
03/21/2006	Enrolled
03/21/2006	Signed by Speaker
03/22/2006	Signed by President
03/29/2006	Fiscal impact statement from DPB (SB157ER)
04/05/2006	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/06)
04/17/2006	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)