Division 9 – Assessment for Law Library

[Adopted 3-27-1991 (Ch. 147, Art. IX, of the 1993 Code)]

§ 3.7-25 Assessment on actions filed in Circuit Court.

There shall be assessed as part of the costs incident to each civil action at law or equity filed in the Circuit Court in the County $3 for the purpose of establishing a law library, to be open to the public.

§ 3.7-26 Assessment on actions filed in General District Court.

There shall be assessed as part of the costs incident to each civil action filed in the General District Court in the County $3 for the purpose of establishing a law library.

§ 3.7-27 Collection and disbursement.

[Amended 4-7-2014]

Funds received from the above assessment shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court in which the action is filed and remitted to the Treasurer of the County and held by such Treasurer subject to disbursements by the Board of Supervisors for the acquisition of law books, law periodicals, and computer legal research services, computer terminals for off-site placement to maximize access to the law library by the public, and equipment for the establishment, use and maintenance of a law library which shall be open for the use of the public at hours convenient to the public.