HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04071987 - 1.31 141
To: BOARD OF SUPIERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE' April 1, 1987 County
SUBJECT: Legislation: Assembly Bill 1408 (Frazee)
County
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(_S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of support for AB 1408 by Assemblyman Frazee .
which would allow the Board of Supervisors to- increase the civil
filing fee by up to $10 for the filing of specified papers to be
used exclusively for automating the County Clerk' s and municipal
courts recordkeeping system, or the conversion of such systems to
micrographics.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, the Board of Supervisors is authorized to
provide for an additional civil filing fee of $1. 00 to assist in
the cost of automating the county clerk and municipal court
recordkeeping systems, and converting the court' s document
storage system to micrographics. Under the $1 . 00 fee, the
Superior Court deposits approximately $20, 000 per year into this
fund. The Municipal Courts deposit approximately $13, 000 into a
similar fund. This amount is totally inadequate to keep up with
the emerging technology and to convert existing records to
micrographics. Assemblyman Frazee has introduced AB 1408 which
would authorize the Board of Supervisors to increase this fee
from $1 . 00 to $10 . 00. Any increase would be totally at the
discretion of the Board . of Supervisors, based on proven need for
the funds. The Board could increase the fee to any level between
the current $1. 00 and the proposed. maximum of $10. 00 .
Since AB 1408 would provide the Board with additional discretion
to more quickly automate the records of the Superior and
Municipal Courts, we recommend that the Board support AB 1408.
This recommendation is concurred in by both the County Clerk and
the Clerk-Administrator of the Walnut Creek-Danville Municipal.
Court.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: yd"
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
L/ �����✓`�"� L�
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 75 IQR7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ONTHE
ryTHEDApTE SHOWN.
APR
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED _ ( 1987
County Clerk --
Municipal Court Clerk-Administrators PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
D. J. Smith Associates SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Jackson/garish & Associates
MCSAC Director BY 'GG(,Fp p1.� DEPUTY
382/7 Psemblyman Robert Frazee