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Bill would create $100 surcharge to fund clerks’ offices and state archives; Secretary of State backs measure
Summary
House Bill 1207 would add a $100 surcharge on most filing fees collected by superior court clerks, directing $35 to the state treasurer and $65 to county clerk funds for administrative use. The Secretary of State and State Archivist testified in support, citing aging facilities and growing digital-archive workload.
House Bill 1207, which would add a $100 surcharge to most filing fees collected by clerks of superior court, drew testimony Tuesday from the Secretary of State and the state archivist who said the fee is needed to preserve records and stabilize services.
Staff summarized the bill: clerks are required by statute to collect many filing fees; HB 1207 would add a $100 surcharge on most filing fees with two enumerated exceptions (petitions for anti-harassment protection orders and certain fees from nonindigent adult defendants). Of the $100 surcharge, staff said $35 would be transmitted to the state treasurer and $65 retained by the county treasurer and deposited into…
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