Section 3A. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section three or any other general or special law, the trial court and the appeals court are hereby authorized to establish a fee-based system and a schedule of fees for electronic access and retrieval of information by attorneys and other members of the public from their automated data bases relating to docket entries, calendaring and other information contained therein. The chief justice of the trial court and the chief justice of the appeals court, or persons duly authorized by them, shall determine which types of information shall be available by remote access and shall otherwise establish by administrative order conditions, methods and means by which such information is to be made available by electronic access. The trial court and the appeals court shall provide such remote access without charge to prosecutors and government agencies. The trial court and the appeals court shall file an annual report with the executive office of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the amount of revenue generated by said fee-based system and said schedule of fees. All revenue generated by said fee-based system and said schedule of fees shall be credited to the General Fund.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers
Chapter 29a - Financing of the Judicial System
Section 1 - Costs of Judicial Branch to Be Paid by Commonwealth
Section 2 - County Supplies and Equipment Declared Property of Commonwealth
Section 3 - Fees, Fines, etc., Paid Into General Fund; Exceptions
Section 3a - Electronic Access to Docket, Calendar and Other Court Information; Fee-Based System
Section 4 - Rental of Quarters and Space; Rental of Court Facilities
Section 5 - Acquisition of Buildings Occupied by Judicial Branch