Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 63

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 49

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2 AND SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 98, TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INCREASING VARIOUS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT COSTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fifths of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend §9801, Title 10, Delaware Code by striking the existing paragraph (2) in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new paragraph (2) as follows:

"(2) For processing all traffic and criminal cases.

a. For issuing, processing and filing a warrant or summons $24.50

b. For processing a voluntary assessment agreement 11.00

c. For conducting a trial or accepting a plea of guilty (including a Robinson plea) or nolo contendere 5.50

d. For preparation of commitment and detention forms; each form 2.00

e. For preparation of bail, judgment and appeal bonds; each bond 2.00

f. For preparing certified transcript of the record 7.00

g. For issuance of a capias 15.00

h. Capias returned by constable 25.00"

Section 2. Amend §9801, Title 10 of the Delaware Code by adding a new sentence thereto to read as follows: "The fees set forth in this section shall control to the extent they conflict with any other provision of the Delaware Code."

Approved July 1, 1993.