C.R.S. § 13-1-505: Imposition and collection of the court security surcharge - repeal.

(1) (a) Beginning July 1, 2027, the authority shall impose, and the court shall collect on behalf of the authority, a court security surcharge in the amount of ten dollars on the following:

(I) Docket fees for specified civil actions filed in district court and county court pursuant to section 13-32-101 (1);

(II) Jury fees for specified civil actions pursuant to section 13-71-144 (1);

(III) Docket fees for criminal convictions pursuant to section 13-32-105;

(IV) Filing fees for specified probate filings pursuant to section 13-32-102 (1);

(V) Docket fees for specified special proceeding filings pursuant to section 13-32-103;

(VI) Docket fees for specified traffic infraction penalties pursuant to section 42-4-1710; and

(VII) Docket fees for civil infraction penalties pursuant to section 16-2.3-102.

(b) To minimize compliance costs for court users and administrative costs for the authority, the court shall collect the court security surcharge on behalf of the authority in the same manner in which it collected the court security cash fund surcharge pursuant to section 13-1-204 (1)(b), as that section existed prior to its repeal in 2027; except that the court shall not transmit the collected court security surcharge to the state treasurer for deposit into the court security cash fund but shall instead remit the surcharges collected to the authority in accordance with the process developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) (a) The authority shall maintain an account in a financial institution to which all money collected for the court security surcharge is deposited. The authority shall work with the judicial department to develop a process that ensures each court is able to promptly and efficiently deposit all court security surcharges collected directly to the account or otherwise promptly and efficiently remit the surcharges to the authority.

(b) (I) The authority shall deposit any amount that the state treasurer remits to the authority on August 31, 2027, pursuant to section 13-1-204 (5), into the account created pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(II) This subsection (2)(b) is repealed, effective June 30, 2028.

(3) Court security surcharges collected and remitted to the authority pursuant to this section are not state revenue.