General assembly of north carolina

§ 7A 306. Costs in special proceedings.

(a) In every special proceeding in the superior court, the following costs shall be assessed:

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(1a) For the upgrade, maintenance, and operation of State judicial facilities and the judicial and county courthouse phone systems, the sum of four dollars ($4.00), to be credited to the Court Information Technology and Facilities Fund.

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SECTION 16.5.(e) G.S. 7A 307 reads as rewritten:

"§ 7A 307. Costs in administration of estates.

(a) In the administration of the estates of decedents, minors, incompetents, of missing persons, and of trusts under wills and under powers of attorney, in trust proceedings under G.S. 36C 2 203, in estate proceedings under G.S. 28A 2 4, and in collections of personal property by affidavit, the following costs shall be assessed:

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(1a) For the upgrade, maintenance, and operation of State judicial facilities and the judicial and county courthouse phone systems, the sum of four dollars ($4.00), to be credited to the Court Information Technology and Facilities Fund.

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SECTION 16.5.(f) G.S. 7A 49.5(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d) Any funds received by the Administrative Office of the Courts from the vendor selected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, other than applicable statutory court costs, as a result of electronic filing, shall be deposited in the Court Information Technology and Facilities Fund in accordance with G.S. 7A 343.2."

SECTION 16.5.(g) G.S. 7A 109(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d) In order to facilitate public access to court records, except where public access is prohibited by law, the Director may enter into one or more nonexclusive contracts under reasonable cost recovery terms with third parties to provide remote electronic access to the records by the public. Costs recovered pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted to the State Treasurer to be held in the Court Information Technology and Facilities Fund established in G.S. 7A 343.2."

SECTION 16.5.(h) G.S. 7A 455.1(f) reads as rewritten:

"(f) Of each appointment fee collected under this section, the sum of fifty five dollars ($55.00) shall be credited to the Indigent Persons' Attorney Fee Fund and the sum of five dollars ($5.00) shall be credited to the Court Information Technology and Facilities Fund under G.S. 7A 343.2. These fees shall not revert."

SECTION 16.5.(i) This section is effective when it becomes law, and expires June 30, 2013.

WAIVER OF MEDIATION FEES TO REQUIRE FINDING OF JUST CAUSE

SECTION 16.6.(a) G.S. 7A 38.7 reads as rewritten:

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