File #: 2005-0259    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/6/2005 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 9/6/2005 Final action: 9/6/2005
Enactment date: 9/9/2005 Enactment #: 15272
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the department of judicial administration to retain five percent of the county's portion of the domestic violence prevention account fee authorized under RCW 36.18.016; increasing the surcharge to superior court filing fees for domestic relations cases filed under Title 26 RCW; amending Ordinance 11136, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.79.010 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.71.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Indexes: Budget, Domestic Violence, Fees, Judicial Administration
Code sections: 4.71 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15272.pdf, 2. 2005-0259 Fiscal Note.doc, 3. 2005-0259 Notice of Hearing.doc, 4. 2005-0259 Revised Staff Report 08-29-05.doc, 5. 2005-0259 Staff Report 08-17-095.doc, 6. 2005-0259 Transmittal Letter.doc
Drafter
Clerk 06/02/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the department of judicial administration to retain five percent of the county's portion of the domestic violence prevention account fee authorized under RCW 36.18.016; increasing the surcharge to superior court filing fees for domestic relations cases filed under Title 26 RCW; amending Ordinance 11136, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.79.010 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.71.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance authorizes the department of judicial administration to retain five percent of the county's portion of the domestic violence prevention account fee authorized under RCW 36.18.016. The retained portion of the fee is intended to cover the administrative costs associated with handling the new domestic violence prevention account fee, charged to the party filing the first or initial petition for dissolution, legal separation or declaration concerning the validity of marriage, and authorized during the 2005 state legislative session.
B. Section 3 of this ordinance increases the surcharge to superior court filing fees for domestic relations cases filed under Title 26 RCW. This increase is authorized under RCW 26.12.240, as amended during the 2005 state legislative session, which allows counties to impose a fee or surcharge on such cases to pay for the expenses of a courthouse facilitator program that provides basic services to pro se litigants in family law cases.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4.71 a new section to read as follows:
Fee for administering domestic violence prevention account revenues. The department of judicial administration is hereby authorized to retain five percent of the county's portion of the domestic violence prevention account fee authorized under RCW 36.18.016.
SECTION 3. Ordinance 11136, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.79.010 are each hereby a...

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