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Commission considers probate-court technology fee resolution; vote deferred
Summary
The board discussed a proposed local act to create a probate-court technology fee (modeled on other counties) and agreed to take up a formal vote at a future meeting after staff and legal review.
Commissioners discussed a proposed resolution — requested by Judge Cross — to create a probate-court technology fee modeled on similar local acts in other counties. Staff said the draft mirrors language used elsewhere and that a state representative had been approached about carrying the proposal to the General Assembly.
Board members asked several procedural questions: whether the fee should be set as a flat dollar amount or a percentage, whether the proposed $5 cap and a 10-year period reflected local practice or merely tracked other counties, and whether the resolution should reference a specific enabling local-act code. Staff said the draft followed previously adopted language from other counties and that the proposal would be a local act rather than part of general law.
Commissioners agreed to postpone formal action and to have staff gather additional information and options for the next meeting so members could ask follow-up legal and policy questions before voting. No vote on the resolution was held at the meeting.
