Civil Legal Assistance Fund; increase certain fees for deposit into and require those monies to be allocated to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services.

HB 385 increases the civil filing fee by $15 (from prior amounts) for all civil cases filed in chancery and circuit courts. This fee is required to be deposited exclusively into the Civil Legal Assistance Fund, which must then allocate all funds to the Mississippi Center for Legal Services. The bill specifies that these funds must provide legal services to low-income Mississippans only, following guidelines set by the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, D.C. It also prohibits using these funds for matters prohibited by the Legal Services Corporation or for non-eligible individuals.