Chapter 5.22
SURCHARGE FOR FUNDING DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER

Sections:

5.22.010    Purpose.

5.22.020    Surcharge to be imposed.

5.22.030    Effective date.

5.22.040    Collection and implementation.

5.22.050    Severability.

SOURCE:    ADOPTED:

Ord. No. 485, 1992    09/08/92

5.22.010 Purpose.

Chapter 7.75 RCW et seq. authorizes the creation of alternative dispute resolution centers to provide speedy, cost effective, nonjudicial resolutions of disputes. RCW 7.75.035 authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to impose a surcharge on court filing fees for the purpose of funding dispute resolution centers. The monies collected pursuant to this authority must be used solely for dispute resolution centers established under Chapter 7.75 RCW et seq.

5.22.020 Surcharge to be imposed.

A surcharge of $10 shall be imposed on each civil filing fee in District Court. A surcharge of $15 shall be imposed on each filing fee for small claims actions.

5.22.030 Effective date.

The surcharges authorized hereunder shall commence five days after a dispute resolution center has been approved by the Board of County Commissioners pursuant to RCW 7.75.020(2). Upon approval, the Clerk of the Board is directed to forthwith notify the court operations managers for the District Courts of Clallam County of the Board’s approval. Said notification shall be in writing and shall advise the court operations managers of the effective date of the surcharge.

5.22.040 Collection and implementation.

Surcharges imposed shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court and remitted to the County Treasurer for deposit in a separate account to be used solely for dispute resolution centers established under Chapter 7.75 RCW et seq.

5.22.050 Severability.

If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this chapter; it being herein expressly declared that this chapter and each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof would have been adopted irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.