ABSTRACT
The tradition of raising revenues by charging for court services has had a long, if not always venerable, history. In discussing and analyzing the state and local data the several points will be made. These are court revenues represent a substantial, growing, and potentially larger source of funds for court administration and while administrators recognize the importance of court-collected revenues, they are reticent in advocating the extension of their use. Some points also includes administrators accept the separation of revenue generation and revenue use through their deposit in local and state general funds under the control of the legislature, the fiscal crisis of the states may lead to increasing reliance on court-generated revenues. Additionally, points includes increasing reliance on court-generated revenues should follow guidelines designed to minimize the risks of abuse and increased reliance on court-generated revenues, if coupled with increased independence in setting fees, could result in a more autonomous, independent, and effective court system.
