SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 273

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: DECEMBER 16, 1996

      The Senate Judiciary Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 273.

      Presently, under the provisions of N.J.S.22A:2-37.2, persons designated by assignment judges to serve process are entitled to $.10 on every dollar of the first $5,000.00 collected on an execution, writ of attachment or court order issued by the Special Civil Part of the Superior Court, Law Division. On every dollar in excess of $5,000.00, court officers are entitled to $.05. This bill would eliminate the over $5,000.00 rate and provide that a court officer would be entitled to $.10 of every dollar collected pursuant to a Special Civil Part execution, writ of attachment or court order.