House of Representatives

HB 2289

court funding; study committee

Sponsors: Representative Carruthers, Senator Guenther: Representatives Camarot, Cannell, et al.

DPA	Committee on Judiciary
DPA	Committee on Retirement and Government Operations
DPA	Caucus and COW
DPA	Third Read
X	As Transmitted to the Governor

HB 2289 makes numerous substantive changes to various court fees and other miscellaneous court-related items and establishes the Joint Study Committee on State Funding of the Court System.

Provisions

Court fees

· Removes court fees on all adoption and contested adoption filings.

· Increases fees on juvenile supervision, juvenile diversion, adult probation and adult intensive probation by $10 and specifies that this $10 must be used only to supplement salaries of probation officers and for the support of probation programs and services.

· Adds a $5 surcharge to all criminal and civil penalty assessments that goes to the Judicial Enhancement Collection Fund to supplement salaries of probation officers and for the support of probation programs and services.

· Authorizes the court to contract with collection agencies for enforcement of fee collection.

· Extends the $20 time payment fee until 12/31/09.

Joint Study Committee on State Funding of the Court System

· Establishes the 21-member Joint Study Committee on State Funding of the Court System that must review state funding of the Arizona court system, make recommendations as to which components of the judicial system should be funded by the state, recommend a plan for state funding of the judicial system including the time period for implementation and the source of revenues for increased state responsibilities and the fee structure including costs and surcharges.

· Provides that the staff of the County Supervisors Association and the Administrative Office of the Courts provide technical assistance to the committee.

· Requires the Committee to submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Association of County Supervisors and the Arizona League of Cities and Towns by June 30, 2003.

· Requires the committee to provide copies of the report to the Secretary of State and the director of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.

· Contains a delayed repeal date of January 1, 2004.

Miscellaneous

· Changes the start of the 30-day time period within which to pay the fee for a change of venue.

· Authorizes the destruction of records of justice and municipal courts after their disposal without review and inspection by Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records (ASLAPR) if the Director of ASLAPR has previously approved of their destruction.

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· 45th Legislature

· Second Regular Session 3 May 29, 2002

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