SLS 14RS-588 REENGROSSED Page 1 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. Regular Session, 2014 SENATE BILL NO. 111 BY SENATOR MARTINY FUNDS/FUNDING. Provides for fees and procedures for the receipt or issuance of certain documents by electronic means. (8/1/14) AN ACT1 To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 13:841(A) and (2)(c) and (d),2 relative to miscellaneous fees in civil matters; to provide for setting limits on fees3 and establishing procedures for the receipt or issuance of certain documents by4 electronic means; and to provide for related matters.5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6 Section 1. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 13:841(A) and (2)(c) and (d) are7 hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8 §841. Enumeration of fees in civil matters; miscellaneous9 A. The clerks of the several district courts may be entitled to demand and10 receive fees of office, which fees may be less than, but shall not exceed, the11 following amounts: set forth in this Section. Any clerk of court that establishes12 procedures for the filing, receipt, or issuance of any of the following documents13 by electronic means shall establish fees for the filing, receipt, or issuance of14 electronic documents that shall not exceed the fee that would apply if the15 document was received, filed, or issued in paper.16 * * *17 SB NO. 111 SLS 14RS-588 REENGROSSED Page 2 of 2 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. (2) Filing document:1 * * *2 (c) Paper–exhibits, attachments, transcripts, and depositions–per page, two3 dollars Documents up to eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, including4 but not limited to exhibits, attachments, suit records, transcripts, and5 depositions, two dollars per page.6 (d) All other exhibits, five dollars All paper documents and other exhibits7 larger than eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, five dollars per page.8 * * *9 The original instrument was prepared by Jay Lueckel. The following digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared by Tammy Crain-Waldrop. DIGEST Martiny (SB 111) Present law provides for the enumeration of miscellaneous fees by clerks of court in civil matters. Proposed law retains present law and further provides that any clerk of court that establishes procedures for the filing, receipt, or issuance of any of a list of certain documents involved in the filing of civil matters by electronic means shall establish fees for the filing, receipt, or issuance of electronic documents that shall not exceed the fee that would apply if the document was received, filed, or issued in paper. Proposed law further provides that documents up to eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, including but not limited to exhibits, attachments, suit records, transcripts, and depositions, shall be two dollars per page. Proposed law also provides that all paper documents and other exhibits larger than eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, shall be five dollars per page. Effective August 1, 2014. (Amends R.S. 13:841(A)(intro para) and (2)(c) and (d)) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill 1. Further clarifies all paper documents and other exhibits larger than eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, shall be five dollars per page.