HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-1527-01 Court Records Perpetuation Fund Sponsor(s): Councilor Robert Battreall
ORDINANCE NO. D-1527-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
ESTABLISHING A RECORD PERPETUATION FUND AND ALLOWING THE
COLLECTION OF FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION FEES
WHEREAS, THE Indiana General Assembly enacted Public Law 183, Acts 0f2001,
which is effective July 1, 2001, requiring city and town courts to collect document storage fees in
all civil, criminal, infraction and ordinance violation cases, and
WHERESAS, said Public Law requires all document storage fees to be deposited in a
clerk's record perpetuation fund, and
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel has no clerk's record perpetuation fund, but has the
immediate need to establish same, so that the document storage fees required by law to be
collected can be deposited therein, and
WHEREAS, Indiana law, specifically I.C. 33-19-6-5.1, allows courts to collect facsimile
transmission fees for facsimile transmissions made to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and
WHEREAS, said facsimile transmission fees are also required to be deposited
into the clerk's record perpetuation fund,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Carmel, Indiana, as follows:
Section I: The Cannel City Court is authorized to assess and collect facsimile transmission fees,
in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) per transmission, for each facsimile transmission made to
the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles at the request of any person.
Section II: The Council hereby creates and establishes the Clerk's Record Perpetuation Fund
#502, into which will be deposited the document storage fees and facsimile transmission fees
assessed and collected by the Carmel City Court.
Section III: All prior Ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section IV.' This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
signing by the Mayor.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana this / (J ~ay of
(,. / L~ tA0/ 2001, by a vote of ~9 ayesand C) nays.
COMMON COUNCIL OR THE CITY OF CARMEL
Presid :/ ' John R. Kov
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ATTEST:
Diana L. Cor~dr%k-Treasurer
Presented b me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this (/~ day of
2001, at
Diana L. C~ k-Treasurer
Approved b me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this/6 day of '
ATTEST:
Diana L, Cordr~l~5 ~C,~C-Treasurer
Prepared by: Carmel City Court