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HCS/SS/SCS/SB 67 - This act provides that cases filed in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit shall have an additional cost assessed. Civil cases shall be assessed a surcharge of ten dollars, misdemeanor criminal cases shall be assessed a surcharge of twenty-five dollars, and felony criminal cases shall be assessed a surcharge of fifty dollars. The judge may waive the assessment of the surcharge in cases where the defendant is determined to be indigent. The money collected from such surcharge shall be placed in the Jasper County Judicial Fund and used to pay the costs associated with the purchase, lease, and operation of a county juvenile center and the county judicial facility in Jasper County (488.2244). This act provides that a surcharge of up to ten dollars may be collected in all civil and criminal proceedings, excluding violations of traffic laws or ordinances, filed in Howell County. In criminal cases the surcharge must first be authorized by a county or municipal order, ordinance, or resolution. The moneys collected from the surcharge must be use for the costs associated with the land assemblage, construction, maintenance and operation of any county or municipal judicial facility. The county or municipality shall maintain a separate account known as the "justice center fund" which is limited to the uses specified in the act. The act states that a surcharge of one dollar shall be assessed in each civil and criminal court proceeding filed in any court located in certain regional juvenile detention districts. The moneys collected from the surcharge shall be kept in an account called the "regional juvenile detention district fund," and shall be used to pay for the costs associated with the repair, maintenance, and operation of regional juvenile detention district facilities. The provisions of this act will expire on August 28, 2025. JESSI BAKER HA 2 - THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT BUCHANAN COUNTY MAY PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS OF COUNTY ORDERS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OR IN A COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT IF THE CREATION OF SUCH COURT IS APPROVED BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION. THE AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF CERTAIN CIRCUITS TO APPOINT A CIRCUIT COURT MARSHAL. THE AMENDMENT ALSO STATES THAT THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF A CIRCUIT COURT IN WHICH A MUNICIPAL DIVISION IS LOCATED SHALL REPORT TO THE CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT SPECIFIED INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL DIVISION. HA 3 - THIS AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY TO ESTABLISH AN ARMED OFFENDER DOCKET. HA 4 - THE AMENDMENT ALLOWS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF CERTAIN CIRCUITS TO APPOINT A CIRCUIT COURT MARSHAL. HA 5 - THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IN UNLAWFUL DETAINER SUITS THE JUDGE SHALL NOT ISSUE AN EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNTIL TEN DAYS AFTER THE JUDGMENT. THE EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT SHALL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED WHILE THE APPEAL IS PENDING IF BOND IS POSTED. CURRENTLY, IN RENT AND POSSESSION SUITS AN APPEAL SHALL STAY EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT IF THE DEFENDANT GIVES BOND WITHIN TEN DAYS "AFTER IT BECOMES DUE." THE AMENDMENT SPECIFIES THAT THE BOND MUST BE DEPOSITED WITH THE COURT WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER AN ENTRY OF JUDGMENT.
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