HP0177
LD 214		 Session - 129th Maine Legislature
S "A" to C "A", Filing Number S-370, Sponsored by Breen
 LR 1107
Item 7
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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:

‘Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §18-A, sub-§3-A, ¶A,  as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c. 361, §2, is amended to read:

A. For all fees collected by the Judicial Department after July 1, 2005 October 1, 2019, 7% 9% must be deposited in the fund. This paragraph does not apply to fees dedicated under section 17-A or section 18-B, subsection 8 or to surcharges imposed pursuant to paragraph C.

Sec. 3. 4 MRSA §18-A, sub-§3-A, ¶C  is enacted to read:

C.  A surcharge of $127 must be imposed by a court on the fee for commencement of each action for small claims or money judgment when the action is brought by a person who is a debt collector within the meaning of Title 32, section 11002, subsection 6, and the surcharge must be deposited in the fund.

Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063

Initiative: Increases funding for civil legal services for persons unable to afford a lawyer by providing additional funds available for distribution by the Civil Legal Services Fund Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 18-A, subsection 1, by increasing the percentage of certain fees allocated to the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2019-20 2020-21
All Other
 $105,076 $140,101
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $105,076 $140,101

Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063

Initiative: Increases funding for civil legal services for persons unable to afford a lawyer by providing additional funds available for distribution by the Civil Legal Services Fund Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 18-A, subsection 1, by imposing surcharges on filing fees for debt collectors’ actions.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2019-20 2020-21
All Other
 $609,934 $813,245
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $609,934 $813,245

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2019-20 2020-21
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
 $715,010 $953,346
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $715,010 $953,346
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SUMMARY

This amendment amends Committee Amendment "A" by replacing the $5,000,000 General Fund appropriation in the committee amendment with Other Special Revenue Funds allocations of $715,010 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $953,346 in fiscal year 2020-21 as a result of increasing the percentage of judicial fees allocated to the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund and from revenues collected from a filing fee surcharge to be deposited in the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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