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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5640 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001035 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Felix, Knight, Batista, Craven, Potter, McEntee, Casey, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Henries, Kazarian, and Morales |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 15, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Sections 9-29-1, 9-29-18 and 9-29-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-29 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | entitled "Fees" are hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 9-29-1. District court fees. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Every district court shall be allowed the following fees, in full, to be taxed in the bill of 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | costs in every civil action: 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) For the entry of every small claim .............................................................. $55.00. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) For the entry of every other action ............................................................... $80.00. 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) For every writ of execution ..........................................................................$20.00. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) In addition to the fees set forth herein, the district court shall apply a technology 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | surcharge assessed in accordance with § 8-15-11. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) Provided, that five dollars ($5.00) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee for the entry of every 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | action in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) or writ in subdivision (a)(3) shall be forwarded to Rhode Island 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Legal Services. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9-29-18. Superior court fees. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) The superior court shall be allowed the following fees in full to be taxed in the bill of 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | costs in every civil action: 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) For entry of every civil action or petition ................................................... $160.00. 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) For every writ of execution ....................................................................... $50.00. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) For the issuance of every citation ............................................................... $25.00. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) In addition to the fees set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the superior court shall 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | apply a technology surcharge on all filing fees assessed in accordance with § 8-15-11. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) Provided, that ten dollars ($10.00) twenty dollars ($20.00) of the fee for the entry of 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | every civil action or petition shall be forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services. 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 9-29-19. Family court fees. 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (a) The family court shall be allowed the following fees in full to be taxed in the bill of 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | costs in every domestic relations or other civil proceeding: 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) For the entry of every petition, complaint, or action ................................... $120.00. 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) For every writ of execution ....................................................................... $40.00. 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) In addition to the fees as set forth herein, the family court shall apply a technology 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | surcharge fee assessed in accordance with § 8-15-11. 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) Provided, that ten dollars ($10.00) twenty dollars ($20.00) of the fee for the entry of 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | every petition, complaint or action shall be forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services. 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 14 |
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| 60 | 60 | | LC001035 |
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| 64 | 64 | | LC001035 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 66 | 66 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 67 | 67 | | OF |
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| 68 | 68 | | A N A C T |
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| 69 | 69 | | RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES |
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| 70 | 70 | | *** |
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| 71 | 71 | | This act would increase the amount forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services from court 1 |
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| 72 | 72 | | filing fees for the entry of every petition, complaint or action in district, superior and family court 2 |
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| 73 | 73 | | from ten dollars ($10) to twenty dollars ($20). 3 |
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| 74 | 74 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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