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(a) Until the end of the moratorium described in Section
70601 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors of any county
may increase, as provided in this section, the amount distributed to
its county law library fund from the uniform filing fees listed in
Section 6321 whenever it determines that the increase is necessary to
defray the expenses of the law library.
   Any increase in the amount distributed to the law library fund in
any county under this subdivision shall not be effective until
January 1 of the next year after the adoption by the board of
supervisors of the increase. The amount of the increase in any
calendar year shall be no greater than three dollars ($3) over the
previous calendar year. A copy of the action of the board of
supervisors that establishes the increase shall be provided to the
Administrative Office of the Courts as soon as it becomes available
but no later than December 15 of the year before the increased
distribution goes into effect.
   (b) Distribution changes after January 1, 2008, shall be
determined by the process described in Section 70601 of the
Government Code.
   (c) (1) In an action or proceeding in which a claim for money
damages falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the small claims
court and is filed by an assignee who is prohibited from filing or
maintaining a claim pursuant to Section 116.420 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, the uniform filing fee shall be reduced by twenty-four
dollars ($24) to one hundred eighty-one dollars ($181) if the
complaint contains a declaration under penalty of perjury, executed
by the party requesting the reduction in fees, that the case
qualifies for the lower fee because the claim for money damages will
not exceed the monetary jurisdiction of small claims court and is
filed by an assignee of the claim.
   (2) When the uniform filing fee is reduced as provided under this
subdivision, the amount distributed from each uniform filing fee to
the law library fund in the county shall be as follows: