Abrahamson: Budget Does Not Include Court Record Access Fee
Chief Justice Abrahamson said there has been some confusion about the budget proposal concerning the state's computerized court access site, CCAP.
She said the budget does not include a request to charge a fee to the WCCA, the portion of the CCAP site that allows public access to court records. The budget does include statutory language for convenience fees for e-filing of records by law firms to CCAP, she said.
"There is no fee for public access to WCCA and we have no intention to implement such a fee," said Abrahamson. "From our perspective, WCCA makes the court system transparent to the public, which is good."
She said WCCA receives 2-3 million Web hits per day.
She admitted that the language in the budget bill has raised some concerns about the continued free access to WCCA, and she will work with the executive branch and JFC to clarify the language.
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