(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COURTS. Includes:
(a) Elkhart Circuit Court;
(b) Elkhart Superior Court 1;
(c) Elkhart Superior Court 2;
(d) Elkhart Superior Court 3;
(e) Elkhart Superior Court 4;
(f) Elkhart Superior Court 5;
(g) Elkhart Superior Court 6;
(h) Juvenile Court;
(i) IV-D Court; and
(j) Any state court established in Elkhart County in or after 2013.
FAX. An electronic facsimile transmission.
PERSON. Any association, company, corporation, governmental entity, political subdivision, firm, partnership, joint venture or individual.
(B) Collection of fees. The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall charge and collect the fees for fax services provided in accordance with this section. All fees for fax services collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court under this section will be:
(1) Accounted for in detail each month; and
(2) Transferred to the County General Fund.
(C) Outgoing fax from courts. Any person requesting a fax transmission from the courts will be charged and must pay a fee for the transmission in an amount equal to $1 per page for each page copied and faxed.
(D) Fax filing. By adoption of this section, the Board of Commissioners does not authorize fax filing in the county courts. Fax filing in the county courts may be authorized only by a majority of the judges of the county courts. Upon this authorization being granted, fax filings in the county courts shall be in accordance with the requirements of posted local rule and State Administrative Rule 12.
(Prior Code, § 33-19-6-1.5) (Ord. 93-232, passed 4-5-1993, 93 COM REC 231–235; Ord. 93-347, passed 5-17-1993, 93 COM REC 346–348)