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An Act

HOUSE BILL 98­1364

BY REPRESENTATIVES Owen, Grampsas, and Romero;

also SENATORS Blickensderfer, Lacy, and Rizzuto.


CONCERNING THE USE OF THE FEES COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT TO FUND THE SUPREME COURT LIBRARY, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  13­2­119, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

13­2­119.  Disposition of fees. (1)  At the end of each month, all fees collected by the clerk of the supreme court during said month, except fees for admission to the bar and attorney registration fees, and one­third of the court of appeals docket fees, shall be deposited by him THE CLERK with the state treasurer, by whom the same shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds in his THE STATE TREASURER'S hands.

(2)  The one­third of the court of appeals docket fees not deposited into the fund referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund.

SECTION 2.  13­4­112 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

13­4­112.  Fees of the clerk of court of appeals. (2)  Fees received by the clerk of the court of appeals shall be deposited as provided in section 13­2­119 (2) SECTION 13­2­119, and two­thirds of said fees shall be used for the purpose specified in section 13­2­120.

SECTION 3.  Appropriation ­ adjustments in long bill. (1)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the supreme court library fund created in section 13­2­120, Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the judicial department, for allocation to the supreme court, law library, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, the sum of seventy­three thousand dollars ($73,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act.

(2)  For the implementation of this act, any general fund appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, to the judicial department, for allocation to the supreme court, law library, is eliminated.

SECTION 4.  Effective date ­ applicability. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998, and shall apply to fees collected on or after said date.

SECTION 5.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.



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Charles E. Berry Tom Norton

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE





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Judith M. Rodrigue Patricia K. Dicks

CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE



APPROVED________________________________________




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Roy Romer

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO


Created: 5/27/98 Updated: 5/27/98