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    (a) The supreme court, by a majority of its members, shall have the power to prescribe by rule a fee of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for docketing a civil appeal or docketing any other proceeding brought to review a civil matter, and to prescribe a waiver of the fee as to a person who is unable to pay the fee.

   (b) Commencing July 1, 1992, in addition to the fees set forth herein, the court, by a majority of its members, shall have the power to prescribe by rule a surcharge in the amount of forty ($40.00) for docketing a civil appeal or docketing any other proceeding brought to review a civil matter.

   (c) Commencing July 1, 1999, the court may increase the surcharge to eighty-five dollars ($85.00).