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SCS/HB 1238 - Currently, Franklin County may collect an additional ten dollar surcharge in civil cases excluding cases concerning adoption and those in small claims until December 31, 2014. The act extends this date to December 31, 2019. Currently, cities or counties with domestic violence shelters can add a surcharge of two dollars for criminal cases. This act states that a surcharge of up to four dollars may be collected for each criminal case in cities or counties with domestic violence shelters. These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 636 (2014), and substantially similar to SB 313 (2013) and provisions of HCS/HB 717 (2013). This act provides that a surcharge of up to ten dollars may be collected in all criminal proceedings filed in the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit if the surcharge was 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 construction, maintenance and operation of any county or municipal judicial facility. These provisions are identical to SB 915 (2014). JESSICA BAKER SA 1 - THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE MONEYS COLLECTED FROM THE SURCHARGE IN THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION 488.2206.1 OF THE ACT, SHALL BE USED TO PAY THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE "LAND ASSEMBLAGE AND PURCHASE" OF ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL JUDICIAL FACILITY (488.2206.2). SA 2 - THIS AMENDMENT SPECIFIES THAT KANSAS CITY MAY CHARGE FIVE DOLLARS IN EACH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION CASE. THE JUDGE MAY WAIVE THE SURCHARGE FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS. THE SURCHARGE SHALL BE USED TOWARDS THE RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, AND UPKEEP OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE (488.2235). THIS AMENDMENT IS IDENTICAL TO HB 1738 (2014).
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