22-408. Electronic filing and access;
fee
A. The presiding judge of the superior court may provide for the electronic filing
of documents and electronic access to municipal court records, pursuant to rules adopted
by the supreme court, after consulting with the governing body of the city or town in
which the municipal court is located.
B. The presiding judge of the superior court 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 municipal court records. The
municipal court shall collect the fees and transmit them to the city treasurer who shall
account for them separately. The municipal court shall spend monies collected by the
municipal court and deposited with the city treasurer pursuant to this section to
improve access to municipal court records and to pay for administrative costs related to
the improved access, subject to the approval of the presiding judge of the superior
court.
C. If the program established pursuant to this section requires any additional
expenditures by a governing body of a city or town, the presiding judge of the superior
court shall obtain approval of the additional expenditure from the governing body of the
city or town in which the municipal court is located.
D. The monies deposited in the city 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 the courts for purposes consistent with the purposes of this section.
F. All filings that are made pursuant to this section are subject to the fees
established pursuant to section 22-404.
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