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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 11031987 - 87-97 ORDINANCE NO. 87- 97 ( Increasing Automation Filing Fees) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows SECTION I : Summary: This ordinance increases the Superior and Municipal Court filing fees for the costs of automating the courts ' record keeping systems or the conversion of the courts ' document system to micrographics , from $1. 00 , to $4. 00 and $8. 00 respectively. SECTION II . Superior and Municipal Court Automation Fees . The fees authorized by Government Code sections 26863 and 68090. 7 for filings in a civil action or proceeding as specified in Government Code section 68090 . 7 , to pay the costs of automating the county clerk' s and municipal courts ' record keeping systems and the cost of converting the courts ' document systems to micrographics shall be: (a ) For the Superior Court: $4 . 00. (b) For each of the Municipal Courts in Contra Costa County: $8. 00 . The foregoing fees shall be levied and collected not as a part of, and in addition to, the "total" filing fees prescribed by Government Code sections 26820. 4 and 72055. SECTION III . Findings. The Board of Supervisors finds that the fees expressed in this ordinance do not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to recover the cost of providing automation of the county clerk' s and municipal courts ' record keeping systems and the cost of converting the courts ' document systems to micrographics . SECTION IV: Effective Date. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days of-ter passage , and within 15 days of passage shall be published once with the names of the supervisors voting for or against it in the Martinez Gazette a newspaper published in this County. PASSED ON . November 3 , 14.87 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder , Torlakson , Mcreak . NOES: None . ABSENT: None . ABSTAIN: None . ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board and County Administrator By: �• Board Chair [ SEAL] ORDINANCE NO. 87- 97