2012 Statute
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28-177. (a) Except as provided in this section and K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 28-178, and amendments thereto, the fees established by legislative enactment shall be the only fee collected or moneys in the nature of a fee collected for court procedures. Such fee shall only be established by an act of the legislature and no other authority is established by law or otherwise to collect a fee. Court procedures shall include docket fees, filing fees or other fees related to access to court procedures. On and after the effective date of this act through June 30, 2013, the supreme court may impose an additional charge, not to exceed $26.50 per fee or the amount established by the applicable statute, whichever amount is less, to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel. (b) Such additional charge imposed by the court pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2107, 8-2110, 22-2410, 23-108a, 28-170, 28-172a, 59-104, 60-2001, 60-2203a, 61-2704, 61-4001 and 65-409 and K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-6614, 28-178, 28-179, 32-1049a, 38-2215, 38-2312 and 38-2314, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the judicial branch surcharge fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. (c) All moneys credited to the judicial branch surcharge fund shall be used for compensation of non-judicial personnel and shall not be expended for compensation of judges or justices of the judicial branch. (d) All expenditures from the judicial branch surcharge fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts and upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to payrolls approved by the chief justice of the Kansas supreme court or by a person or persons designated by the chief justice. |
History: L. 2006, ch. 215, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 116, § 16; L. 2010, ch. 62, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 87, § 8; L. 2012, ch. 66, § 8; Apr. 12. |
Revisor's Note: |
Section was amended twice in the 2011 session, see also 28-177a. |
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