Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/bills/intro/H-691.HTM
Timestamp: 2018-07-17 21:24:46
Document Index: 113138114

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2355', '§ 2964', '§ 1952', '§ 1954', '§ 1105', '§ 1109', '§ 1431', '§ 1205', '§ 1434', '§ 1751', '§ 605', '§ 2476', '§ 169', '§ 603']

Subject: Taxation and finance; fee bill
Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to adjust executive and judicial branch fees.
AN ACT RELATING TO EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCH FEES
(k) A copy of a videotape made of the alleged offense shall be provided to the defendant within ten days after the defendant requests the copy and pays a $15.00 $20.00 fee for its reproduction. No fee shall be charged to a defendant whom the court has determined to be indigent.
Sec. 4. Section 30b of Act 76 of the Acts of 2007 is amended to read:
(ii) $30.00 $40.00 upon presentation of each return of service for the service of papers relating to divorce, annulments, separations, or support complaints;
(iii) $30.00 $40.00 upon presentation of each return of service for the service of papers relating to civil suits except as provided in subdivisions 1591(1)(A)(ii) and 1591(1)(A)(vii) of this title;
(iv) $30.00 $40.00 upon presentation of each return of service for the service of a subpoena and shall be limited to that one fee for each return of service;
(a) A worker’s compensation administration fund is created pursuant to subchapter 5 of chapter 7 of Title 32 to be expended by the commissioner for the administration of the worker’s compensation and occupational disease programs. The fund shall consist of contributions from employers made at a rate of 0.42 0.47 percent of the direct calendar year premium for worker’s compensation insurance, one percent of self-insured worker’s compensation losses, and one percent of worker’s compensation losses of corporations approved under the chapter 9 of this title. Disbursements from the fund shall be on warrants drawn by the commissioner of finance and management in anticipation of receipts authorized by this section.
Sec. 8. 20 V.S.A. § 2355(f)(1) is amended to read:
Sec. 9. 6 V.S.A. § 2964(a) is amended to read:
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Sec. 10. 33 V.S.A. § 1952(f) is added to read:
Sec. 11. 33 V.S.A. § 1954(d) is amended to read:
Sec. 12. 4 V.S.A. § 1105 is amended to read:
(b) A person who is charged with a violation shall have 20 days from the date the complaint is issued to admit or deny the allegations or to state that he or she does not contest the allegations in the complaint. The judicial bureau shall assess against a defendant a fee of $10.00 $15.00 for failure to answer a complaint within the time allowed. The fee shall be assessed in the default judgment and deposited in the court technology special fund established pursuant to section 27 of this title.
Sec. 13. 4 V.S.A. § 1109 is amended to read:
Sec. 14. 32 V.S.A § 1431 is amended to read:
(c) Prior to the entry of a small claims action there shall be paid to the clerk for the benefit of the state county in lieu of all other fees not otherwise set forth in this section, a fee of $60.00 $75.00 if the claim is for more than $500.00 $1,000.00 and $35.00 $50.00 if the claim is for $500.00 $1,000.00 or less. The filing fee for civil suspension proceedings filed pursuant to 23 V.S.A § 1205 shall be $75.00, which shall be taxed in the bill of costs in accordance with sections 1433 and 1471 of this title Prior to the entry of any postjudgment motion in a small claims action, there shall be paid to the clerk for the benefit of the county a fee of $35.00. The fee for every counterclaim in small claims’ proceedings shall be $25.00, payable to the county, if the counterclaim is for more than $500.00, and $15.00 if the counterclaim is for $500.00 or less.
(f) The filing fee for all actions filed in the judicial bureau shall be $30.00 $50.00; the state or municipality shall not be required to pay the fee; however, if the respondent denies the allegations on the ticket, the fee shall be taxed in the bill of costs in accordance with sections 1433 and 1471 of this title and shall be paid to the clerk of the bureau, for the benefit of the state.
Sec. 15. 32 V.S.A. § 1434(a) is amended to read:
(3) Estates of more than $50,000 to
(4) Estates of more than $150,000.000 to
not more than $500,000.00 $150.00 $400.00
not more than $1,000,000.00 $325.00 $600.00
(6) Estates of more than $1,000,000.00 $1,000.00
(5)(7) Testamentary trusts of $20,000.00 or less $50.00
(6)(8) Testamentary trusts of more than $20,000.00 $100.00
(7)(9) Annual accounts on testamentary trusts $25.00
(8)(10) Annual accounts on decedents’ estates
(9)(11) Adoptions $75.00
(10)(12) Guardianships for minors $35.00
(11)(13) Guardianships for adults $50.00
(12)(14) Petitions for change of name $50.00 $75.00
(13)(15) Filing of a will for safekeeping, except
(14)(16) Corrections for vital records $25.00
(15)(17) Orders of authorization $25.00
(16)(18) Conveyances of title to real estate pursuant
(17)(19) Petitions for the removal of a trustee pursuant
(18)(20) Petitions for removal of a trustee pursuant
(19)(21) Petitions concerning advance directives pursuant
(20)(22) Civil actions brought pursuant to subchapter 3
Sec. 16. 32 V.S.A. § 1751 is amended to read:
Sec. 17. 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 6 is amended to read:
§ 605. CONSOLIDATED EXECUTIVE BRANCH ANNUAL FEE REPORT
Sec. 18. 3 V.S.A. § 2476 is amended to read:
Sec. 19. 29 V.S.A. § 169 is added to read:
Sec. 20. 32 V.S.A § 603 is amended to read: