Oregon Legislature to Increase Court Fees to Cover Budget Shortfall

The Oregon legislature will form a committee to address the increase of existing court fees and to establish new fees pursuant to House Bill 2287. This step was taken due to the dire state of the state’s finances for 2009-2011, which required a 10% cut in the Oregon Judicial Department’s budget. The goal is to use these funds to reduce the budget cut to 7.5%, which will still result in a loss of 220 full-time non-judge positions (over 11% of the department’s workforce).

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