ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 716
(Senators Chafin, Bailey, Plymale, Yoder, Jenkins and Helmick, original
sponsors)
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[Passed April 9, 2005; to take effect July 1, 2005.]
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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §31-20-10b; to amend
and reenact §50-3-1, §50-3-2 and §50-3-4a of said code; and to
amend and reenact §59-1-11 and §59-1-28a of said code, all
relating to creating the Regional Jail Operations Partial
Reimbursement Fund; calculation of reimbursement to counties
and municipalities; providing duties of the State Treasurer;
requiring report from the Regional Jail and Correctional
Facility Authority; setting date for first reimbursement; and
increasing court costs for criminal and civil proceedings.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §31-20-10b; that §50-3-1, §50-3-2 and §50-3-4a of said code be amended and reenacted; and
that §59-1-11 and §59-1-28a of said code be amended and reenacted,
all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 31. CORPORATIONS.
ARTICLE 20. WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
AUTHORITY.
§31-20-10b. Regional Jail Operations Partial Reimbursement Fund.
(a) There is created in the State Treasury a new fund
designated the Regional Jail Operations Partial Reimbursement Fund.
(b) Revenues deposited into this Fund shall be composed of
fees collected by magistrate courts pursuant to subsection (g),
section one and subdivision (3), subsection (a), section two,
article three, chapter fifty of this code and by circuit courts
pursuant to section eleven, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this
code.
(c) Revenues deposited into this Fund shall be used to
reimburse those counties and municipalities participating in the
regional jail system for the cost of incarceration.
(d) The State Treasurer shall, in cooperation with the
Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, administer the
Fund. The State Treasurer shall determine the amount of funds
available for reimbursement and, upon receiving a report from the
Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority which presents
the total number of inmate days in the fiscal year immediately concluded, the State Treasurer shall calculate the reimbursement to
each participant based upon a pro rata share formula.
(e) A participant's share shall be comparable with its total
of inmate days, which shall consist of the number of inmates it
contributed to the regional jail system and the number of days
those inmates remained incarcerated.
(f) Within ninety days of the first day of July, two thousand
six, and annually thereafter, each participant shall receive its
reimbursement from this Fund.
CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS.
ARTICLE 3. COSTS, FINES AND RECORDS.
§50-3-1. Costs in civil actions.
The following costs shall be charged in magistrate
courts in civil actions and shall be collected in advance:
(a) For filing and trying any civil action and for all
services connected therewith, but excluding services regarding
enforcement of judgment, the following amounts dependent upon the
amount of damages sought in the complaint:
Where the action is for five hundred dollars
or less$30.00
Where the action is for more than five hundred
dollars but not more than one thousand dollars $35.00
Where the action is for more than one thousand
dollars but not more than two thousand dollars$40.00
Where the action is for more than two thousand
dollars$50.00
Where the action seeks relief other than money
damage$30.00
Five dollars from each of the filing fees listed above shall
be deposited in the Court Security Fund created by the provisions
of section fourteen, article three, chapter fifty-one of this code.
Five dollars from each of the filing fees listed above shall
be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created
by section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this
code.
(b) For each service regarding enforcement of
a judgment including execution, suggestion,
garnishment and suggestee execution$5.00
(c) For each bond filed in a case$1.00
(d) For taking deposition of witness
for each hour or portion thereof$1.00
(e) For taking and certifying acknowledgment
of a deed or other writing or taking oath
upon an affidavit$ .50
(f) For mailing any matter required or
provided by law to be mailed by certified or
registered mail with return receipt$1.00
(g) For filing and trying any civil action
$20.00
Costs incurred in a civil action shall be reflected in any
judgment rendered thereon. The provisions of section one, article
two, chapter fifty-nine of this code, relating to the payment of
costs by poor persons, shall be applicable to all costs in civil
actions.
§50-3-2. Costs in criminal proceedings.
(a) In each criminal case before a magistrate court in which
the defendant is convicted, whether by plea or at trial, there is
imposed, in addition to other costs, fines, forfeitures or
penalties as may be allowed by law: (1) Costs in the amount of
sixty dollars, of which five dollars of that amount shall be
deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by
section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(2) an amount equal to the one-day per diem provided for in
subsection (h), section ten, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of
this code; and (3) costs in the amount of thirty dollars to be
deposited in the Regional Jail Operations Partial Reimbursement
Fund created by section ten-b, article twenty, chapter thirty-one
of this code. A magistrate may not collect costs in advance.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person liable
for fines and court costs in a criminal proceeding in which the
defendant is confined in a jail or prison and not participating in
a work release program shall not be held liable for the fines and
court costs until ninety days after completion of the term in jail or prison. A magistrate court shall deposit five dollars from each
of the criminal proceedings fees collected pursuant to this section
in the Court Security Fund created in section fourteen, article
three, chapter fifty-one of this code. A magistrate court shall,
on or before the tenth day of the month following the month in
which the fees imposed in this section were collected, remit an
amount equal to the one-day per diem provided for in subsection
(h), section ten, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code
from each of the criminal proceedings in which the fees specified
in this section were collected to the magistrate court clerk or, if
there is no magistrate court clerk to the clerk of the circuit,
together with information as may be required by the rules of the
Supreme Court of Appeals and the rules of the Office of Chief
Inspector. These moneys are paid to the sheriff who shall
distribute the moneys solely in accordance with the provisions of
section fifteen, article five, chapter seven of this code.
Amendments made to this section during the regular session of the
Legislature, two thousand one, are effective after the thirtieth
day of June, two thousand one.
(b) A magistrate shall assess costs in the amount of two
dollars and fifty cents for issuing a sheep warrant and the
appointment and swearing appraisers and docketing the proceedings.
(c) In each criminal case which must be tried by the circuit
court but in which a magistrate renders some service, costs in the amount of ten dollars shall be imposed by the magistrate court and
is certified to the clerk of the circuit court in accordance with
the provisions of section six, article five, chapter sixty-two of
this code.
§50-3-4a. Disposition of criminal costs and civil filing fees into
State Treasury account for Regional Jail and Prison
Development Fund.
(a) The clerk of each magistrate court shall, at the end of
each month, pay into the Regional Jail and Prison Development Fund
in the State Treasury an amount equal to forty dollars of the costs
collected in each criminal proceeding and all but ten dollars of
the costs collected for the filing of each civil action.
(b) The clerk of each magistrate court shall, at the end of
each month, pay into the Regional Jail Operations Partial
Reimbursement Fund established in section ten-a, article twenty,
chapter thirty-one of this code the fees collected pursuant to
subsection (g), section one and subdivision (3), subsection (a),
section two of this article.
CHAPTER 59. FEES, ALLOWANCES AND COSTS, NEWSPAPERS; LEGAL
ADVERTISEMENTS.
ARTICLE 1. FEES AND ALLOWANCES.
§59-1-11. Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court.
(a) The clerk of a circuit court shall charge and collect for
services rendered as such clerk the following fees and such fees shall be paid in advance by the parties for whom such services are
to be rendered:
(1) For instituting any civil action under the rules of civil
procedure, any statutory summary proceeding, any extraordinary
remedy, the docketing of civil appeals or any other action, cause,
suit or proceeding, one hundred forty-five dollars, of which thirty
dollars of that amount shall be deposited in the Courthouse
Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six, article
twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code and ten dollars shall
be deposited in the special revenue account created in section six
hundred three, article twenty-six, chapter forty-eight of this code
to provide legal services for domestic violence victims;
(2) For instituting an action for medical professional
liability, two hundred sixty dollars, of which ten dollars of that
amount shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement
Fund created by section six, article twenty-six, chapter
twenty-nine of this code;
(3) Beginning on and after the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-nine, for instituting an action for divorce,
separate maintenance or annulment, one hundred thirty-five dollars;
(4) For petitioning for the modification of an order involving
child custody, child visitation, child support or spousal support,
eighty-five dollars; and
(5) For petitioning for an expedited modification of a child support order, thirty-five dollars.
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the following fees
shall likewise be charged and collected:
(1) For preparing an abstract of judgment, five dollars;
(2) For any transcript, copy or paper made by the clerk for
use in any other court or otherwise to go out of the office, for
each page, fifty cents;
(3) For action on suggestion, ten dollars;
(4) For issuing an execution, ten dollars;
(5) For issuing or renewing a suggestee execution, including
copies, postage, registered or certified mail fees and the fee
provided by section four, article five-a, chapter thirty-eight of
this code, three dollars;
(6) For vacation or modification of a suggestee execution, one
dollar;
(7) For docketing and issuing an execution on a transcript of
judgment from magistrate's court, three dollars;
(8) For arranging the papers in a certified question, writ of
error, appeal or removal to any other court, ten dollars, of which
five dollars of that amount shall be deposited in the Courthouse
Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six, article
twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
(9) For postage and express and for sending or receiving
decrees, orders or records, by mail or express, three times the amount of the postage or express charges;
(10) For each subpoena, on the part of either plaintiff or
defendant, to be paid by the party requesting the same, fifty
cents;
(11) For additional service (plaintiff or appellant) where any
case remains on the docket longer than three years, for each
additional year or part year, twenty dollars.
(c) The clerk shall tax the following fees for services in any
criminal case against any defendant convicted in such court:
(1) In the case of any misdemeanor, eighty-five dollars; and
(2) In the case of any felony, one hundred five dollars, of
which ten dollars of that amount shall be deposited in the
Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six,
article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(d) The clerk of a circuit court shall charge and collect a
fee of twenty-five dollars per bond for services rendered by the
clerk for processing of criminal bonds and the fee shall be paid at
the time of issuance by the person or entity set forth below:
(1) For cash bonds, the fee shall be paid by the person
tendering cash as bond;
(2) For recognizance bonds secured by real estate, the fee
shall be paid by the owner of the real estate serving as surety;
(3) For recognizance bonds secured by a surety company, the
fee shall be paid by the surety company;
(4) For ten percent recognizance bonds with surety, the fee
shall be paid by the person serving as surety; and
(5) For ten percent recognizance bonds without surety, the fee
shall be paid by the person tendering ten percent of the bail
amount.
In instances in which the total of the bond is posted by more
than one bond instrument, the above fee shall be collected at the
time of issuance of each bond instrument processed by the clerk and
all fees collected pursuant to this subsection (d) shall be
deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by
section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
Nothing in this subsection may be construed as authorizing the
clerk to collect the above fee from any person for the processing
of a personal recognizance bond; and
(e) The clerk of a circuit court shall charge and collect a
fee of ten dollars for services rendered by the clerk for
processing of bailpiece and the fee shall be paid by the surety at
the time of issuance. All fees collected pursuant to this
subsection (e) shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities
Improvement Fund created by section six, article twenty-six,
chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(f) No such clerk shall be required to handle or accept for
disbursement any fees, cost or amounts, of any other officer or
party not payable into the county treasury, except it be on order of the court or in compliance with the provisions of law governing
such fees, costs or accounts.
§59-1-28a. Disposition of filing fees in civil actions and fees
for services in criminal cases.
(a) Except for those payments to be made from amounts equaling
filing fees received for the institution of divorce actions as
prescribed in subsection (b) of this section, and except for those
payments to be made from amounts equaling filing fees received for
the institution of actions for divorce, separate maintenance and
annulment as prescribed in said subsection, for each civil action
instituted under the rules of civil procedure, any statutory
summary proceeding, any extraordinary remedy, the docketing of
civil appeals or any other action, cause, suit or proceeding in the
circuit court the clerk of the court shall, at the end of each
month, pay into the funds or accounts described in this subsection
an amount equal to the amount set forth in this subsection of every
filing fee received for instituting the action as follows:
(1) Into the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
Fund in the State Treasury established pursuant to the provisions
of section ten, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code the
amount of sixty dollars;
(2) Into the Court Security Fund in the State Treasury
established pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen, article
three, chapter fifty-one of this code the amount of five dollars; and
(3) Into the Regional Jail Operations Partial Reimbursement
Fund established pursuant to the provisions of section ten-b,
article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code the amount of
twenty dollars.
(b) For each action for divorce, separate maintenance or
annulment instituted in the circuit court, the clerk of the court
shall, at the end of each month, report to the Supreme Court of
Appeals the number of actions filed by persons unable to pay and
pay into the funds or accounts in this subsection an amount equal
to the amount set forth in this subsection of every filing fee
received for instituting the divorce action as follows:
(1) Into the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
Fund in the State Treasury established pursuant to the provisions
of section ten, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code the
amount of ten dollars;
(2) Into the special revenue account of the State Treasury,
established pursuant to section six hundred four, article two,
chapter forty-eight of this code an amount of thirty dollars;
(3) Into the Family Court Fund established under section
twenty-two, article two-a, chapter fifty-one of this code an amount
of seventy dollars; and
(4) Into the Court Security Fund in the State Treasury,
established pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen, article three, chapter fifty-one of this code the amount of five dollars.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) or (b) of
this section to the contrary, the clerk of the court shall, at the
end of each month, pay into the Family Court Fund established under
section twenty-two, article two-a, chapter fifty-one of this code
an amount equal to the amount of every fee received for petitioning
for the modification of an order involving child custody, child
visitation, child support or spousal support as determined by
subdivision (3), subsection (a), section eleven of this article and
for petitioning for an expedited modification of a child support
order as provided in subdivision (4) of said subsection.
(d) The clerk of the court from which a protective order is
issued shall, at the end of each month, pay into the Family Court
Fund established under section twenty-two, article two-a, chapter
fifty-one of this code an amount equal to every fee received
pursuant to the provisions of section five hundred eight, article
twenty-seven, chapter forty-eight of this code.
(e) The clerk of each circuit court shall, at the end of each
month, pay into the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
Authority Fund in the State Treasury an amount equal to forty
dollars of every fee for service received in any criminal case
against any respondent convicted in such court and shall pay an
amount equal to five dollars of every such fee into the Court
Security Fund in the State Treasury established pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen, article three, chapter fifty-one of
this code.
(f) The clerk of the circuit court shall, at the end of each
month, pay into the Medical Liability Fund established under
article twelve-b, chapter twenty-nine of this code, an amount equal
to one hundred sixty-five dollars of every filing fee received for
instituting a medical professional liability action.
(g) The clerk of the circuit court shall, at the end of each
month, pay into the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created
by section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this
code, those amounts received by the clerk which are dedicated for
deposit in the Fund.
(h) The clerk of each circuit court shall, at the end of each
month, pay into the Regional Jail Operations Partial Reimbursement
Fund established in the State Treasury pursuant to the provisions
of section ten-b, article twenty, chapter thirty-one of this code,
those amounts received by the clerk which are dedicated for deposit
in the fund.
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