SENATE DOCKET, NO. 335        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1599

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to additional fees on criminal cases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 211B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:--

Section 21. There shall be an additional fee of 25 percent assessed on all fees and fines in all criminal cases. Said fee shall be for the operation of the trial court and shall be payable to the chief justice for administration and management.