Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §421, 4th ¶, as amended by PL 1991, c. 498, §3, is further amended to read:

The county commissioners of each county may require that the fees collected under subsections 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 14 be increased by $1 $5. The sheriff or deputy shall collect this additional dollar amount and pay it to the county treasurer for the use and benefit of the county. The county commissioners may also require that the fees collected under subsections 1 to 14 be increased by an amount equal to the cost of social security and other withholding taxes on the fees payable under this section.

SUMMARY

This bill authorizes the county commissioners of each county to increase the fee collected for service of civil processes, disclosure subpoenas, complaints for divorce, attachments of personal property, writs of replevin, tax summonses and warrants, sales or use tax warrants, income tax warrants and search for persons to serve from $1 to $5.