HB 18-1055

House Bill 18-1055 increases a court security fee in Colorado. Currently, courts collect an extra $5 on various fees like docket and jury fees for civil actions, criminal convictions, probate filings, traffic infractions, and water-related cases. The bill raises this surcharge to $10, meaning each of these fees will go up by $5. Once the bill is signed into law, half of this new surcharge ($5) will be returned to the specific court that collected it. Since the status shows "signed," the bill has been approved and enacted into law, meaning the increased surcharges are now in effect.

Official Summary

Under current law, courts collect a $5 surcharge on certain court fees, and the surcharge is credited to the court security cash fund. The surcharge is imposed on: Docket fees and jury fees for specified civil actions; Docket fees for criminal convictions; Filing fees for specified probate filings; Docket fees for specified special proceeding filings; Fees for specified filings in water matters; and Docket fees for specified traffic infraction penalties. The bill increases the surcharge to $10, thereby increasing each of these fees by $5. On and after the effective date of the bill, for each $10 surcharge credited to the fund, the state court administrator shall award $5 to the court that collected the fee upon which the surcharge was assessed. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More