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This bill updates several court fee amounts, administrative procedures, and outdated provisions in Utah's court system. It raises certain civil filing fees — for example, increasing the fee for small claims complaints under $2,000 from $90 to $105, divorce petitions from $325 to $350, and the surcharge for using the Online Court Assistance Program (an online tool that helps people file their own court documents) from $20 to $60 — while exempting protective order requests from that surcharge entirely. It also clarifies that the state, state agencies, and local governments pay no civil filing fees in either justice courts or courts of record, removes outdated provisions dating back to the 1990s, and requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to use Court Security Account funds to contract for security at all courts of record.