SF 75

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                           STATE OF WYOMING
                          SENATE FILE NO. SF0075
 Court automation fees-amendments.
 Sponsored by: Senator(s) Olsen, Crago and Nethercott and
               Representative(s)   Lawley,   Washut   and
               Williams
                                     A BILL
                                         for
1 AN ACT relating to courts; amending court automation fees;
2 establishing      a    process     by    which    the   supreme   court   may
3 change the amount of required court automation fees; making
4 conforming      amendments;  requiring        reports;     specifying
5 applicability;        authorizing       rulemaking;     and   providing   for
6 effective dates.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
9
10Section 1.       W.S. 2-2-401(a)(iii), 5-2-120 by creating
11 a   new   subsection      (e),    5-2-202,       5-3-206(a)(i),   (vii)   and
12 (x),      5-6-108(a)(i),  5-9-135,     5-13-202,       6-10-102    and
13 6-10-103 are amended to read:
14
152-2-401.       Schedule; additional charges.
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2(a)   For probate matters filed or commenced, the clerk
3 of the district court shall collect fees as follows:
4
5(iii)    In    addition       to    the    original     filing    fee
6 under    paragraph  (a)(i)     of     this      subsection,     a   court
7 automation    fee     in    the     amount      of   forty   dollars    ($40.00)
8 determined under W.S. 5-2-120(e), which shall be deposited
9 into the judicial systems automation account established by
10 W.S. 5-2-120;
11
125-2-120.      Judicial systems automation account created;
13 purposes;      court  information  technology      equipment;
14 establishment of court automation fees.
15
16(e)   The     supreme      court      shall     promulgate      rules   to
17 establish the amount of the court automation fee required
18 to be collected under law, in accordance with all of the
19 following:
20
21(i)     Fees shall be set at an amount necessary to
22 ensure that, to the greatest extent practicable, the total
23 revenue generated from the court automation fees collected
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1 is sufficient to address but does not exceed the direct and
2 indirect costs for items specified in subsection (a) of
3 this section;
4
5(ii)     Notwithstanding  paragraph       (i)  of        this
6 subsection,    the    supreme     court      may    establish       a    separate
7 court    automation       fee   for    chancery       courts        under  W.S.
8 5-13-202;
9
10(iii)    The supreme court shall maintain records
11 sufficient    to    demonstrate       that   the    amount     of       the    court
12 automation fees       established under  this subsection comply
13 with the requirements of this subsection;
14
15(iv)     Not later than October 1 of each year, the
16 supreme court shall report to the joint judiciary interim
17 committee    and    the   joint   appropriations        committee  on   the
18 amount of the court automation fee established under this
19 subsection and the total amount of court automation fees
20 collected in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
21
225-2-202.     Collection of fees.
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1 The clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following
2 fees from the plaintiff in error or appellant, or in case
3 of an original proceeding the plaintiff or relator shall,
4 at the time of filing the petition in error or record on
5 appeal or when commencing the cause in this court, the sum
6 of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). At the time of filing,
7 the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the
8 amount of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) determined under W.S.
9 5-2-120(e),    which    shall    be   deposited    into    the   judicial
10 systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120, and
11 an indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten
12 dollars ($10.00) which shall be deposited into the indigent
13 civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
14 Other fees or charges to be assessed within the clerk's
15 office   are   to   be determined     under    rules   of the supreme
16 court.
17
185-3-206.     Fees.
19
20(a)   For all civil matters filed or commenced,  the
21 clerk of each district court shall charge the following
22 fees:
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1(i)     For filing instruments or documents in each
2 civil    action      and   certifying one  (1)    copy of any      order,
3 decree    or    judgment        at    the    time   of    its   filing    for   each
4 party, an original filing fee of one hundred sixty dollars
5 ($160.00)      one     hundred        twenty    dollars     ($120.00),      plus    a
6 court automation fee in the amount determined under W.S.
7 5-2-120(e), which shall be paid by the plaintiff.  This fee
8 shall apply to original actions commenced and to actions
9 that are reopened after a final decree previously has been
10 entered. Forty dollars ($40.00) The amount of the filing
11 court automation fee determined under W.S. 5-2-120(e) shall
12 be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) of the filing
13 fee shall be for indigent civil legal services and both
14 shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205;
15
16(vii)     For all transcripts in cases appealed to
17 the    supreme       court,     one    hundred      dollars     ($100.00)       sixty
18 dollars ($60.00), plus a court automation fee in the amount
19 determined under W.S. 5-2-120(e), including certificates,
20 seals and transmission. Forty dollars ($40.00) The court
21 automation fee under this paragraph determined under W.S.
22 5-2-120(e)       shall     be    for        court   automation,     ten    dollars
23 ($10.00) of the transcript fee shall be for indigent civil
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1 legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in
2 W.S. 5-3-205;
3
4(x)    For docketing and in payment of clerk's fee
5 after docketing incident to any appeal or bill of exception
6 from a circuit court, one hundred dollars ($100.00) sixty
7 dollars ($60.00), plus a court automation fee in the amount
8 determined     under       W.S.     5-2-120(e),  and    for     docketing     any
9 transcript      of    judgment  from    a   circuit      court        upon   the
10 judgment      and     execution  dockets,        one     hundred       dollars
11 ($100.00) sixty dollars ($60.00), plus a court automation
12 fee in the amount determined under W.S. 5-2-120(e), which
13 amount shall be paid by appellant, or by judgment holder to
14 the clerk at time of docketing. Forty dollars ($40.00) The
15 amount   of    any        court    automation  fee    imposed    under       this
16 paragraph      shall       be     for    court      automation,  ten    dollars
17 ($10.00) of  the    filing       fee    shall    be for indigent civil
18 legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in
19 W.S. 5-3-205.
20
215-6-108.      Costs.
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1(a)    Each city or town in the state of Wyoming may
2 prescribe      by   ordinance       such     costs    in    all     trials   before
3 municipal courts as may be necessary or deemed expedient.
4 However, the costs shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
5 All costs collected shall be turned into the treasury of
6 the    city    or     town.    By    ordinance        a    city     or   town      may
7 prescribe:
8
9(i)     A    court    automation       fee    of    forty      dollars
10 ($40.00) in the amount determined under W.S. 5-2-120(e) as
11 a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of
12 a city or town ordinance;
13
145-9-135.       Filing fee.
15
16 For all civil matters, the circuit court shall collect from
17 the    plaintiff      an    original       filing    fee    of    twenty     dollars
18 ($20.00), a court automation fee of forty dollars ($40.00),
19 in    the    amount       determined   under        W.S.    5-2-120(e)       and    an
20 indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00)
21 excluding small claims civil actions as provided in W.S.
22 1-21-201 through 1-21-205, which shall have a filing fee of
23 ten dollars ($10.00). The court automation fee shall be
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1 deposited into the judicial systems automation account and
2 the indigent civil legal services fee shall be deposited
3 into the indigent civil legal services account as provided
4 by W.S. 5-9-144.
5
65-13-202.     Collection of fees.
7
8 The clerk of the chancery court shall collect all fees and
9 charges as required and set by the supreme court under W.S.
10 5-13-104(b). At the time of the original filing, the clerk
11 also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount of
12 one    hundred     dollars   ($100.00)     determined       under   W.S.
13 5-2-120(e) or (e)(ii), which shall be deposited into the
14 judicial   systems     automation   account   established      by   W.S.
15 5-2-120, and an indigent civil legal services fee in the
16 amount of ten dollars ($10.00), which shall be deposited
17 into the indigent civil legal services account established
18 by W.S. 5-2-121.
19
206-10-102.     Imposition of fine for any felony; maximum
21 fine   where   not    established   by   statute;   court    automation
22 fee; indigent civil legal services fee.
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1 The court may impose a fine as part of the punishment for
2 any felony. If the statute does not establish a maximum
3 fine, the fine shall be not more than ten thousand dollars
4 ($10,000.00). The court shall impose a court automation fee
5 of forty dollars ($40.00) in the amount determined under
6 W.S.     5-2-120(e)     in     every      criminal      case  wherein     the
7 defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no
8 contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301. The
9 fee shall be remitted as provided by W.S. 5-3-205.  In
10 addition to the court automation fee the court shall impose
11 an     indigent    civil     legal     services      fee        of    ten   dollars
12 ($10.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is
13 found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is
14 placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301 or 35-7-1037.  The
15 indigent      civil   legal    services        fee   shall      be     remitted    as
16 provided in W.S. 5-3-205(a)(ii).
17
186-10-103.      Penalties       for       misdemeanors  where     not
19 prescribed by statute; court automation fee; indigent civil
20 legal services fee.
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22 Unless    a   different      penalty      is   prescribed        by     law,    every
23 crime     declared     to    be   a    misdemeanor  is        punishable    by
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1 imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6)
2 months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
3 ($750.00),       or    both.      The     court     shall      impose        a     court
4 automation    fee      of   forty       dollars   ($40.00)  in    the    amount
5 determined    under     W.S.      5-2-120(e)      in    every       criminal  case
6 wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of
7 guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S.
8 7-13-301. The fee shall be remitted as provided by W.S.
9 5-3-205.     In addition to the court automation fee the court
10 shall impose an indigent civil legal services fee of ten
11 dollars    ($10.00)  in    every      criminal        case        wherein      the
12 defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no
13 contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301.  The
14 indigent   civil       legal     services     fee    shall      be       remitted       as
15 provided in W.S. 5-3-205(a)(ii).
16
17Section 2.       This act shall apply to all new cases,
18 matters,   proceedings  and    filings   initially  filed       on   and
19 after July 1, 2026.
20
21Section    3.    The      supreme     court     may    take        any    action
22 necessary to implement this act.
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1Section 4.
2
3(a)   Except   as       provided    in   subsection      (b)    of   this
4 section, this act is effective July 1, 2026.
5
6(b)   Sections      3    and   4    of   this   act   are      effective
7 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
8 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
9 the Wyoming Constitution.
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11(END)
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