File Code: Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 248  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Dumais, Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Conaway, Frush,
Gutierrez, Ivey, Jones, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Oaks, Simmons, Valderrama, and
Waldstreicher
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Civil Cases - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund
 
Increasing the surcharge on civil cases in the circuit courts from $25
to $50; increasing the surcharge on civil cases in the District Court
from $5 to $7 in summary ejectment cases and from $10 to $15 in all
other civil cases; requiring the executive director of the Maryland
Legal Services Corporation to prepare a budget for the Corporation;
requiring an informational budget to be submitted to the General
Assembly in conjunction with the budget of the Judicial Branch of
State Government; terminating the Act June 30, 2013; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/15
 - First Reading Judiciary
 -      Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
 - 1/25
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/15
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - 3/16
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/18
 - Motion vote previous question  (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (93-45)
 
Senate Action
- 3/19
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
 - Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
 - Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
 - Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
 - Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
 - Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
 - Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
 - Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
 - Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
 - Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
 - Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
 - Delegate Gerron S. Levi, District 23A
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
 - Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
 - Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
 - Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets
 - Circuit Courts
 - Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
 - Corporations -see also- Municipal Corps; Public Corps & Inst
 - Court Costs
 - Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
 - District Courts
 - Fees -see also- Attys` Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes; Reimb Rates.
 - Legal Aid
 - Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
 - Sunset
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 7-202 ,
 7-202 ,
 7-202 ,
 7-301 
)
 -   Human Services
 - (
 11-208 
)
 
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal and Policy Note:
 Available
 - Amendments:
 House 
- Number: 242117/01     Offered on: March 16, 2010      at:
10:53 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- 
Committee Votes :
 
 House 
- Judiciary
 
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
 House 
- March 18, 2010: Third Reading Passed  (93-45)