Bill Text: CA AB497 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 497 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Court filing fees: San Bernardino County.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB497 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB497-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 497	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend Section 70627 of the Government Code, relating to
courts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 497, as introduced, Achadjian. Court filing fees: San
Bernardino County.
   Existing law specifies fees for preparing copies of records,
comparing with an original document on file in the office of the
clerk, and a search of court records requiring more than 10 minutes.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 70627 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   70627.  The fees collected under this section shall be distributed
to the court in which they were collected.
   (a) The clerk of the court shall charge fifty cents ($0.50) per
page to cover the cost of preparing copies of  any 
 a  record, proceeding, or paper on file in the clerk's
office.
   (b) For comparing with the original on file in the office of the
clerk of  any   a  court, the copy of
 any   a  paper, record, or proceeding
prepared by another and presented for the clerk's certificate, the
fee is one dollar ($1) per page, in addition to the fee for the
certificate.
   (c) The fee for a search of records or files conducted by a court
employee that requires more than 10 minutes is fifteen dollars ($15)
for each search.