12-120.31. Fees and costs;
distribution


A. Fees and costs in the court of appeals shall be the same as supreme court fees
and costs pursuant to section 12-119.01.


B. Fees charged by the court of appeals for electronic filing of documents and
electronic access shall be the same amount as fees charged by the supreme court and are
subject to the provisions of section 12-119.02.


C. The court of appeals shall retain 8.36 per cent of all of the monies it collects
monthly pursuant to subsection A of this section. The retained monies shall be used to
improve, maintain and enhance the ability to collect and manage monies assessed or
received by the court, to improve court automation and to improve case processing or the
administration of justice. The clerk of the court of appeals shall submit a plan to the
supreme court that the supreme court shall approve before the court spends the retained
monies.


D. Excluding the monies that are retained pursuant to subsection C of this section,
the clerk of the court of appeals shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,
all monies collected pursuant to subsection A of this section as follows:


1. 19.42 per cent in the judicial collection enhancement fund established by
section 12-113.


2. 26.00 per cent with the state treasurer for transmission to the elected
officials' retirement plan fund established by section 38-802. The monies shall be
transmitted by the state treasurer to the fund pursuant to section 38-810.


3. 46.22 per cent in the state general fund.