Mandy Lindsay
- Democratic
- Representative
- District 42
Primary
Current law establishes a schedule of filing fees for litigants in civil actions in county courts. The act eliminates the fee for a defendant filing an answer in an eviction proceeding. Current law permits a party to submit and a county court to grant a motion to waive filing fees in a residential eviction action. The act removes the process for securing a waiver of these filing fees. Current law prohibits a county court from assessing fees when indigent parties e-file motions, answers, or documents in connection with evictions. The act removes the reference to indigent parties and instead prohibits a county court from charging defendants fees for filing motions, answers, or other documents in evictions. If a pro se defendant files an answer or other document physically instead of electronically, the act requires a county court, on a defendant's behalf, to timely serve the document on a plaintiff. The act prohibits the court from charging a fee related to the service. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $122,743 to the judicial department from the general fund. The judicial department may use $3,623 for general courts administration and $119,120 for information technology infrastructure. APPROVED by Governor June 4, 2024 EFFECTIVE November 1, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations
Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (06/04/2024) | |
| Final Act (05/21/2024) | |
| Rerevised (04/30/2024) | |
| Revised (04/29/2024) | |
| Reengrossed (04/17/2024) | |
| Engrossed (04/15/2024) | |
| Introduced (01/25/2024) | |
| PA2 (04/12/2024) | |
| PA1 (03/18/2024) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (03/06/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (04/09/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note SA3 (04/24/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (02/15/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (03/13/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note FN3 (07/15/2024) |
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