Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

Wyoming House Bill HB0055 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025
2	2	STATE OF WYOMING
3	3	25LSO-02861HB0055
4	4	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0055
5	5	Court automation fee-amendments.
6	6	Sponsored by: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee
7	7	A BILL
8	8	for
9	9	1 AN ACT relating to courts; increasing the court automation
10	10	2 fee as specified; making conforming amendments; specifying
11	11	3 applicability; and providing for an effective date.
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14	14	6
15	15	7
16	16	8 5-3-206(a)(i), (vii) and (x), 5-6-108(a)(i), 5-9-135,
17	17	9 5-13-202, 6-10-102 and 6-10-103 are amended to read:
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19	19	11
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21	21	13 (a) For probate matters filed or commenced, the clerk
22	22	14 of the district court shall collect fees as follows:
23	23	15 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02862HB00551 (iii) In addition to the original filing fee
24	24	2 under paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection, a court
25	25	3 automation fee in the amount of
26	26	4 which shall be deposited into the
27	27	5 judicial systems automation account established by W.S.
28	28	6 5-2-120;
29	29	7
30	30	8
31	31	9
32	32	10 The clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following
33	33	11 fees from the plaintiff in error or appellant, or in case
34	34	12 of an original proceeding the plaintiff or relator shall,
35	35	13 at the time of filing the petition in error or record on
36	36	14 appeal or when commencing the cause in this court, the sum
37	37	15 of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). At the time of filing,
38	38	16 the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the
39	39	17 amount of
40	40	18 which shall be deposited into the judicial systems
41	41	19 automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120, and an
42	42	20 indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten
43	43	21 dollars ($10.00) which shall be deposited into the indigent
44	44	22 civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
45	45	23 Other fees or charges to be assessed within the clerk's 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02863HB0055
46	46	1 office are to be determined under rules of the supreme
47	47	2 court.
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51	51	6 (a) For all civil matters filed or commenced, the
52	52	7 clerk of each district court shall charge the following
53	53	8 fees:
54	54	9
55	55	10 (i) For filing instruments or documents in each
56	56	11 civil action and certifying one (1) copy of any order,
57	57	12 decree or judgment at the time of its filing for each
58	58	13 party, an original filing fee of
59	59	14, which
60	60	15 shall be paid by the plaintiff. This fee shall apply to
61	61	16 original actions commenced and to actions that are reopened
62	62	17 after a final decree previously has been entered.
63	63	18 of the filing fee
64	64	19 shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall
65	65	20 be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be
66	66	21 remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205;
67	67	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02864HB00551 (vii) For all transcripts in cases appealed to
68	68	2 the supreme court,
69	69	3, including certificates,
70	70	4 seals and transmission.
71	71	5 of the fee under this paragraph shall be
72	72	6 for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for
73	73	7 indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as
74	74	8 provided in W.S. 5-3-205;
75	75	9
76	76	10 (x) For docketing and in payment of clerk's fee
77	77	11 after docketing incident to any appeal or bill of exception
78	78	12 from a circuit court,
79	79	13, and for docketing any
80	80	14 transcript of judgment from a circuit court upon the
81	81	15 judgment and execution dockets,
82	82	16, which amount
83	83	17 shall be paid by appellant, or by judgment holder to the
84	84	18 clerk at time of docketing.
85	85	19 of any fee imposed under this paragraph
86	86	20 shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall
87	87	21 be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be
88	88	22 remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205.
89	89	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02865HB00551
90	90	2
91	91	3 (a) Each city or town in the state of Wyoming may
92	92	4 prescribe by ordinance such costs in all trials before
93	93	5 municipal courts as may be necessary or deemed expedient.
94	94	6 However, the costs shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
95	95	7 All costs collected shall be turned into the treasury of
96	96	8 the city or town. By ordinance a city or town may
97	97	9 prescribe:
98	98	10
99	99	11 (i) A court automation fee of
100	100	12 as a cost to be paid by
101	101	13 every person guilty of a violation of a city or town
102	102	14 ordinance;
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104	104	16
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106	106	18 For all civil matters the circuit court shall collect from
107	107	19 the plaintiff an original filing fee of twenty dollars
108	108	20 ($20.00), a court automation fee of
109	109	21, and an indigent civil legal
110	110	22 services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) excluding small claims
111	111	23 civil actions as provided in W.S. 1-21-201 through 1-21-205 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02866HB0055
112	112	1 which shall have a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00). The
113	113	2 court automation fee shall be deposited into the judicial
114	114	3 systems automation account and the indigent civil legal
115	115	4 services fee shall be deposited into the indigent civil
116	116	5 legal services account as provided by W.S. 5-9-144.
117	117	6
118	118	7
119	119	8
120	120	9 The clerk of the chancery court shall collect all fees and
121	121	10 charges as required and set by the supreme court under W.S.
122	122	11 5-13-104(b). At the time of the original filing, the clerk
123	123	12 also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount of
124	124	13
125	125	14 which shall be deposited into the judicial
126	126	15 systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120, and
127	127	16 an indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten
128	128	17 dollars ($10.00) which shall be deposited into the indigent
129	129	18 civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
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134	134	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02867HB0055
135	135	1 The court may impose a fine as part of the punishment for
136	136	2 any felony. If the statute does not establish a maximum
137	137	3 fine, the fine shall be not more than ten thousand dollars
138	138	4 ($10,000.00). The court shall impose a court automation fee
139	139	5 of in every
140	140	6 criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters
141	141	7 a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation
142	142	8 under W.S. 7-13-301. The fee shall be remitted as provided
143	143	9 by W.S. 5-3-205. In addition to the court automation fee
144	144	10 the court shall impose an indigent civil legal services fee
145	145	11 of ten dollars ($10.00) in every criminal case wherein the
146	146	12 defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no
147	147	13 contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301 or
148	148	14 35-7-1037. The indigent civil legal services fee shall be
149	149	15 remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205(a)(ii).
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155	155	21 Unless a different penalty is prescribed by law, every
156	156	22 crime declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by
157	157	23 imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02868HB0055
158	158	1 months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
159	159	2 ($750.00), or both. The court shall impose a court
160	160	3 automation fee of
161	161	4 in every criminal case wherein the defendant is
162	162	5 found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is
163	163	6 placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301. The fee shall be
164	164	7 remitted as provided by W.S. 5-3-205. In addition to the
165	165	8 court automation fee the court shall impose an indigent
166	166	9 civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in every
167	167	10 criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters
168	168	11 a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation
169	169	12 under W.S. 7-13-301. The indigent civil legal services fee
170	170	13 shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205(a)(ii).
171	171	14
172	172	15. This act shall apply to all cases and
173	173	16 appeals initially filed on and after July 1, 2025.
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175	175	18. This act is effective July 1, 2025
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177	177	20 (END)