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.
____________________________ ____________________________
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