Civil Legal Assistance Fund; increase certain fees for deposit into and require those monies to be allocated to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services.

Summary

The bill would increase the fee that chancery and circuit court clerks charge for each civil case filing to $15 and require that the money be deposited in the Civil Legal Assistance Fund and then allocated to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services. It also sets rules for how the fund is administered and how any remaining monies are distributed to low‑income legal‑aid providers. The measure failed, dying in committee.

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