SECTION 1. A litigation tax of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25) in all civil suits and fifteen dollars ($15.00) in all criminal cases shall be taxed as part of the costs in the court of general sessions, the circuit court, and the chancery court of Wilson County.
As amended by: | Private Acts of 1982, Chapter 269 |
SECTION 2. The clerks of the said courts shall collect the litigation tax and pay the revenue therefrom into the county general fund.
As amended by: | Private Acts of 1982, Chapter 269 |
SECTION 3. All expenditures from the fund are to be made by the county judge, upon the authorization of the quarterly county court.
SECTION 4. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the quarterly county court of Wilson County at or before the next regular meeting of the court occurring more than thirty (30) days after its approval by the governor. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the court and certified by him to the secretary of state.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: March 15, 1967.