22-284. Electronic filing and access; fee; county judicial collection enhancement fund

A. The presiding judge of the superior court may provide for the electronic filing of documents and electronic access to justice court records, pursuant to rules adopted by the supreme court.

B. The presiding judge may impose a fee of not more than one hundred dollars per year for an annual on-line access subscription plus a fee of not more than two dollars per minute for on-line access to justice court records. The justice court shall collect the fees and transmit them to the county treasurer who shall account for them separately. The justice court shall spend monies collected by the justice court and deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to this section to improve access to justice court records, subject to the approval of the presiding judge of the superior court.

C. The county treasurer shall invest monies deposited pursuant to this section. Interest earned on these monies shall be deposited with the fee monies that are deposited pursuant to this section.

D. The monies deposited in the county treasury pursuant to this section shall be continually available for purposes consistent with the purposes of this section.

E. Monies deposited pursuant to this section shall supplement monies already provided to courts for purposes consistent with the purposes of this section.

F. All filings made electronically pursuant to this section are subject to the fees established pursuant to section 22-281.