BILL NUMBER: AB 1417	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Melendez

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 70633 of the Government Code, relating to
courts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1417, as amended, Melendez. Court fees: services of the clerk.
   Existing law prohibits the clerk of the court from charging a fee
for services rendered in any criminal action unless otherwise
specifically authorized by law, except that the clerk may charge a
specified fee for making or certifying to a copy of any filed paper,
record, or proceeding in a criminal action. Existing law also
prohibits a clerk from charging a fee for service to a municipality
or county in the state, to the state government, or to the United
States or an officer of the United States acting in his or her
official capacity.
   This bill would delete  the authority of the clerk to
charge that fee for making or certifying to a copy of any filed
paper, record, or proceeding in a   the prohibition
against a clerk charging a fee for services rendered in any 
criminal action. The bill would also  revise the provision
prohibiting a clerk from   charging a fee for service, as
described above, and would instead  prohibit a clerk from
charging a fee for the performance of an official service rendered in
an action to a municipality or county in the state, to the state
government, or to the United States or an officer thereof acting in
his or her official capacity. The bill would define "official service"
to include filing, certifying, or copying a document. The bill would
make other nonsubstantive changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 70633 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   70633.  (a) A fee shall not be charged by the clerk for service
rendered to the petitioner in any adoption proceeding except as
provided in Section 103730 of the Health and Safety Code, nor shall
any fees be charged for any service to the state or for any
proceeding brought pursuant to Section 7841 of the Family Code to
declare a minor free from parental custody or control. A fee shall
not be charged by the clerk for services rendered in an action to
compel registration of a voter under Section 2142 of the Elections
Code or to compel counting of provisional ballots under Section 14310
of the Elections Code. 
   (b) A fee shall not be charged by the clerk for services rendered
in any criminal action unless otherwise specifically authorized by
law.  
   (c) 
    (b) A fee shall not be charged by the clerk for the
performance of an official service rendered in an action to a
municipality or county in the state, to the state government, or to
the United States or an officer thereof acting in his or her official
capacity. 
   (d) 
    (c)  For purposes of this section, "official service"
includes filing, certifying, or copying a document.