Case Title: In Re: Administrative Orders of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

Citation: 2011-AD-00001

Docket Number: 

State: mississippi

Court: Mississippi Supreme Court

Date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER

PUBLIC ACCESS TO MISSISSIPPI ELECTRONIC COURTS (PAMEC)

Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 9-21-3(d) charging the Administrative Office of
Courts (AOC) with assisting the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with promulgating,
standards, rules, and regulations for computer and/or electronic filing and storage of
all coust records and court related records; pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 9-21-14
authorizing the Supreme Court to utilize and fund pilot programs for case management
and electronic filing systems; pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-53 authorizing the
Supreme Court to adopt rules and regulations prescribed by the AOC concerning the
clectronic filing and electronic storage of court documents; pursuant to the inherent
rule-making power of the Supreme Court, and in furtherance of its constitutional duty
to ensure the fair and efficient administration of justice in the courts of Mississippi, the
Court, en bane, does hereby find and order as follows:

1. Pursuant to the Order of the Court dated April 10, 2008, the Court,
through the AOC and with the assistance of the Mississippi Department of Information
Technology Services (ITS), has been developing the Mississippi Electronic Courts
(MEQ) system to provide efficient management of the business of the courts of the state
and to accommodate electronic filing by litigants.

2. Since April 10, 2008, the MEC project team has been conducting a Pilot
Project of the MEC system in Madison County, Scott County, and Warren County. The
MEC project team has now completed the design and initial testing of the system as
shown by the Report and Recommendation to the Supreme Court regarding completion,
of the Civil Phase of the Pilot Project dated May 6, 2011. As stated in the report, the
EC project team has concluded that implementation of the billing component of
Public Access to Mississippi Electronic Courts (PAMEC) should begin.

3. Having received the report of the MEC project team, the Court concludes
that the enumerated recommendations with regard to the billing component of PAMEC
are well-taken and should be followed, and that doing so will promote the fair and
effective administration of justice within the state.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Administrative Office of Courts (AOC)
shall implement the billing component of Mississippi Electronic Courts (MEC), known
as Public Access to Mississippi Electronic Courts (PAMEC). Effective July 1, 2011, users
shall be charged a ten-dollar ($10.00) annual registration/renewal fee and twenty cents
($0.20) for each page viewed in the MEC system,

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Supreme Court Executive Committee, upon
recommendation of the AOC, with notice to the Court, is hereby authorized and
directed to approve such other modifications to the billing component of PAMEC as
may be required to further test, implement, and manage PAMEC.

SO ORDERED, this thet bay of May, 2011

 
    

WILLIAM L, WALLER, JR
(CHIEF JUSTICE
FOR THE COURT