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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Scott P
Circuit Court Clerk Excess Fees (language only)

Item 3-5.04 #2h

Item 3-5.04 #2h

Adjustments and Modifications to Tax Collections
Disposition of Excess Fees Collected by Clerks of the Circuit Courts

Language

Page 593, strike lines 15 through 18.



Explanation

(This amendment removes language related to excess fees collected by the clerks of the circuit court in order to return the local share of excess fees to two-thirds of amounts collected, consistent with the Code of Virginia, compared to the current one-third of amounts collected in accordance with budget language stricken by this amendment. Upon enrolling, a companion amendment would be entered against Item 0 to reduce general fund revenues by $3.5 million each year as a preliminary estimate of the state revenue loss associated with this amendment.)