Key Votes
A 763 - Increases Fees to Fund the E-Court Information System - Key Vote
New Jersey Key Votes
Robert Gordon voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
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Stages
- July 30, 2012 Executive Vetoed
- June 25, 2012 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 25, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- March 15, 2012 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 10, 2012 Introduced
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Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - July 30, 2012
Title: Increases Fees to Fund the E-Court Information System
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (48-30) - June 25, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Increases Fees to Fund the E-Court Information System
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes an increase in filing fees to fund an e-court information system.
- Authorizes the Supreme Court to increase filing fees and statutory fees in order to fund the Twenty-First Century Justice Improvement Fund (Sec. 1).
- Establishes the Twenty-First Century Justice Improvement Fund and requires that it be credited annually with a sum equal to the revenue annually derived from the incremental amount of any filing fee or statutory fee (Sec. 3).
- Requires funds in the Twenty-First Century Justice Improvement Fund, to the extent that they are sufficiently available, to be used as follows (Secs. 3 & 4):
- The first $17 million on the development, maintenance, and administration of a statewide digital e-court information system;
- The next $10.1 million for the Legal Services of New Jersey's efforts to facilitate legal assistance for the poor in civil matters; and
- Any remaining funds to be used for the development, maintenance, and administration of court information technology.
- Prohibits existing filing fees from being increased more than a total of $50 for each fee (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (24-11) - June 25, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Increases Fees to Fund the E-Court Information System
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes an increase in filing fees to fund an e-court information system.
- Authorizes the Supreme Court to increase filing fees and statutory fees in order to fund the Twenty-First Century Justice Improvement Fund (Sec. 1).
- Establishes the Twenty-First Century Justice Improvement Fund and requires that it be credited annually with a sum equal to the revenue annually derived from the incremental amount of any filing fee or statutory fee (Sec. 3).
- Requires funds in the Twenty-First Century Justice Improvement Fund, to the extent that they are sufficiently available, to be used as follows (Secs. 3 & 4):
- The first $17 million on the development, maintenance, and administration of a statewide digital e-court information system;
- The next $10.1 million for the Legal Services of New Jersey's efforts to facilitate legal assistance for the poor in civil matters; and
- Any remaining funds to be used for the development, maintenance, and administration of court information technology.
- Prohibits existing filing fees from being increased more than a total of $50 for each fee (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (64-14) - March 15, 2012
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 10, 2012
Title: Increases Fees to Fund the E-Court Information System
Sponsors
- Peter J. Barnes III (NJ - D)
- Louis D. 'Lou' Greenwald (NJ - D)
- Annette Quijano (NJ - D)
- L. Grace Spencer (NJ - D)
- Valerie Vainieri Huttle (NJ - D)
