§ 21.350 Law library fees
21.350. Law library fees
(1) In counties containing more than 400,000 inhabitants, according to the latest federal decennial census, or when directed as provided in ORS 9.840, the clerk of the court shall collect in each civil suit, action or proceeding filed in the circuit or county court a law library fee determined by the county court or board of county commissioners in an amount not greater than 28 percent of the filing fee provided by law, except that the amount shall be rounded up to the next full dollar.
(2) The fees provided for in this section shall be collected in the same manner as other fees are collected in the suit, action or proceeding, and is in addition to the other fees provided by law.
(3) The fee provided in subsection (1) of this section may be collected if the county owns and maintains, or hereafter may acquire, own or maintain under the provisions of ORS 9.840 and 9.850, a law library at the county seat, available at all reasonable times to the use of litigants, and permitted to be used by all attorneys at law duly admitted to practice in this state, without additional fees to such litigants or attorneys.
(4) For the purpose of imposing the law library fee provided for in this section in cases that are subject to the filing fees established by ORS 105.130, the percentage figure provided for under subsection (1) of this section shall be applied to the sum of the fee established by ORS 105.130 (2) and the surcharge established under ORS 105.130 (6). If the defendant demands a trial in the action, the percentage figure provided for under subsection (1) of this section shall be applied to the additional filing fee required of the plaintiff under ORS 105.130 (3), and to the sum of the filing fee required of the defendant under ORS 105.130 (3) and the surcharge established under ORS 105.130 (6).
REPEAL
This section repealed by Laws 2011, c. 595, § 104, eff. July 1, 2011, operative Oct. 1, 2011.