12-120.31. Fees and costs; distribution

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A. Fees and costs in the court of appeals shall be the same as supreme court fees and costs pursuant to section 12-119.01.

B. Fees charged by the court of appeals for electronic filing of documents and electronic access shall be the same amount as fees charged by the supreme court and are subject to the provisions of section 12-119.02.

C. The court of appeals shall retain 8.36 per cent of all of the monies it collects monthly pursuant to subsection A of this section. The retained monies shall be used to improve, maintain and enhance the ability to collect and manage monies assessed or received by the court, to improve court automation and to improve case processing or the administration of justice. The clerk of the court of appeals shall submit a plan to the supreme court that the supreme court shall approve before the court spends the retained monies.

D. Excluding the monies that are retained pursuant to subsection C of this section, the clerk of the court of appeals shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies collected pursuant to subsection A of this section as follows:

1. 19.42 per cent in the judicial collection enhancement fund established by section 12-113.

2. 26.00 per cent with the state treasurer for transmission to the elected officials' retirement plan fund established by section 38-802. The monies shall be transmitted by the state treasurer to the fund pursuant to section 38-810.

3. 46.22 per cent in the state general fund.