STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE BILL 1510	By:	Peterson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to civil procedure; amending 12 O.S. 2011, Section 1809, which relates to the Dispute Resolution Act; increasing amount of court costs collected for alternative dispute resolution system; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     12 O.S. 2011, Section 1809, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1809.  A.  1.  To establish and maintain an alternative dispute resolution system, court costs in the amount of Two Dollars ($2.00) Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be taxed, collected, and paid as other court costs in all civil cases.  When dispute resolution services are sought, a fee in the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be assessed by the center and collected from the initiating party.  If the responding party agrees to participate in mediation of the dispute, a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be assessed by the center and collected from the responding party.
The fee of an initiating or responding party shall be waived by the center upon receipt of an affidavit in forma pauperis executed under oath by such party.
2.  Except for the court costs and fees provided for in this subsection, dispute resolution services shall be provided without cost to participants.
B.  The court costs and fees provided for in subsection A of this section, once collected, shall be transferred by the court clerk to the Director who shall deposit them in the State Judicial Revolving Fund.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

54-1-6251	EK	12/20/12