Bill Text: AZ HB2220 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Electronic files; access; official record
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-23 - Chapter 51 [HB2220 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-HB2220-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: electronic files; access; official record |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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HB 2220 |
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Introduced by Representative Bowers
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AN ACT
amending title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12‑116.08; amending section 12‑284.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to court records.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 12, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-116.08, to read:
12-116.08. Electronically recorded proceedings; designation of official record
The supreme court and any justice or judge in this state may not designate a paper transcript of a hearing or other proceeding as the only official record if the hearing or other proceeding is electronically recorded and the recording is audible.
Sec. 2. Section 12-284.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
12-284.02. Electronic filing and access; fee
A. The presiding judge of the superior court may provide for the electronic filing of documents and electronic access to superior court records, pursuant to rules adopted by the supreme court. If The presiding judge of the superior court provides access or filing privileges to attorneys, the privileges must also be provided to clients and pro se litigants.
B. The presiding judge may impose a fee of not more than one hundred dollars per year for an annual on‑line access subscription plus a fee of not more than two dollars per minute for on‑line access to superior court records. The clerk of the court shall collect the fees and transmit them to the county treasurer who shall account for them separately and deposit them in the document storage and retrieval conversion fund established by section 12‑284.01. The clerk of the court shall spend monies deposited in the fund pursuant to this section to improve access to superior court records, in coordination with the presiding judge of the superior court and the board of supervisors.
C. All filings that are made electronically pursuant to this section are subject to the fees established pursuant to section 12‑284.
