(a) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee, on or before the last day of January, April, July and October in each year, shall certify the amount of revenue received as a result of any fee increase that took effect July 1, 2009, set forth in sections 52-258, 52-259, 52-259c and 52-361a, and transfer such amount to the organization administering the program for the use of interest earned on lawyers' clients' funds accounts pursuant to section 51-81c, for the purpose of funding the delivery of legal services to the poor.
(b) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee, on or before the last day of January, April, July and October in each year, shall (1) certify the amount of revenue received as a result of any fee increase that took effect July 1, 2012, set forth in (A) section 52-259, (B) section 52-259c, (C) subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 52-356a, (D) subsection (a) of section 52-361a, (E) subsection (b) of section 52-367a, and (F) subsection (b) of section 52-367b, and (2) transfer (A) seventy per cent of such amount prior to July 1, 2014, and ninety-five per cent of such amount on or after July 1, 2014, to the organization administering the program for the use of interest earned on lawyers' clients' funds accounts pursuant to section 51-81c, for the purpose of funding the delivery of legal services to the poor, and (B) thirty per cent of such amount prior to July 1, 2014, and five per cent of such amount on or after July 1, 2014, to the Judicial Data Processing Revolving Fund established in section 51-5b, for the purpose of maintaining and improving any informational data processing system operated by the Judicial Department, subject to the transfer requirements of subsection (c) of section 51-5b.
(c) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee, on or before the last day of January, April, July and October in each year, shall certify the amount of revenue received as a result of any fee increase that took effect July 1, 2016, set forth in sections 52-258, 52-259, 52-259c, 52-356a, 52-361a, 52-367a and 52-367b and transfer such amount to the organization administering the program for the use of interest earned on lawyers' clients' funds accounts pursuant to section 51-81c, for the purpose of funding the delivery of legal services to the poor.
(P.A. 09-152, S. 5; P.A. 10-32, S. 146; P.A. 12-89, S. 8, 15; P.A. 14-217, S. 179, 260; P.A. 16-26, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 09-152 effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 12-89 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re fee increases effective July 1, 2012, and transfer of 70% of amount from such fee increases for delivery of legal services to the poor and 30% of such amount to Judicial Data Processing Revolving Fund, effective July 1, 2012, and deleted Subsec. (b) and made a conforming change, effective August 1, 2015; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (b)(2) to increase to 95 per cent the amount of fees transferred for delivery of legal services to the poor and reduce to 5 per cent the amount transferred to Judicial Data Processing Revolving Fund, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014, and repealed P.A. 12-89, S. 15, effective October 1, 2014; P.A. 16-26 added Subsec. (c) re fee increases effective July 1, 2016, and transfer of such amount for delivery of legal services to the poor, effective July 1, 2016.