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2024 Utah Code
Title 78A - Judiciary and Judicial Administration
Chapter 2 - Judicial Administration
Part 3 - Court Fees and Waivers
Section 310 - Report by Judicial Council on court fees.
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UT Code § 78A-2-310 (2024)
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Effective 5/3/2023
78A-2-310. Report by Judicial Council on court fees.
Enacted by Chapter 428, 2023 General Session
78A-2-310. Report by Judicial Council on court fees.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Cost" means the direct and indirect costs and expenses for providing the good or service for which a fee is charged, including:
- (i) salaries, benefits, contracted labor costs, travel expenses, training expenses, equipment and material costs, depreciation expenses, utility costs, and other overhead costs; and
- (ii) costs and expenses for administering the fee.
- (b)
- (i) "Judiciary" means the Judicial Council, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a district court, or a juvenile court.
- (ii) "Judiciary" includes any board, committee, or staff office of the Judicial Council, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a district court, or a juvenile court.
- (a) "Cost" means the direct and indirect costs and expenses for providing the good or service for which a fee is charged, including:
- (2) Before November 30 of each year, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee of the Legislature that:
- (a) includes details on:
- (i) the types of fees charged and collected by the Judiciary;
- (ii) the methods used to determine the amount of each fee charged and collected by the Judiciary;
- (iii) the Judiciary's estimated cost related to each fee;
- (iv) whether each fee is intended to cover the Judiciary's cost related to the fee; and
- (v) the number of fee waivers granted by the Judiciary for each type of fee charged and collected by the Judiciary; and
- (b) include any recommendations regarding fees charged and collected by the Judiciary.
- (a) includes details on:
- (3) If the Judicial Council recommends that the Legislature create a fee or modify an existing fee under Subsection (2)(b), the Judicial Council shall include the following information with the recommendation:
- (a) the title or purpose of the fee;
- (b) the present amount of the fee;
- (c) the proposed amount of the fee;
- (d) the percent that the fee will have increased or decreased if the Legislature approves the modification of the fee;
- (e) the estimated total annual revenue and total estimated annual revenue change that will result from the creation or modification of the fee;
- (f) the account or fund into which the fee will be deposited;
- (g) the reason for the creating or modifying the fee;
- (h) the estimated number of persons to be charged the fee;
- (i) the Judiciary's estimated cost related to the fee; and
- (j) whether the fee is intended to cover the Judiciary's cost related to the fee.
Enacted by Chapter 428, 2023 General Session
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