(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) “Base year” means the year immediately preceding the year in which a fee or surcharge specified in par.
(c) was first established or, if the fee amount increased or decreased after the fee or surcharge was first established, the year immediately preceding the year in which the fee amount was last adjusted.
(b) “Consumer price index” means the average of the consumer price index over each 12-month period, all items, U.S. city average, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor.
(c) “Fee amount” means the amount of a fee or surcharge under ss. 814.60 (1), 814.61 (1)
(a) and (b), (3), (4), (5) (am), (6), (7)
(a) and (b), (8)
(am) 1. and 2., (9), (11), (12)
(a) 1. and (c), and (13) to (14), 814.615 (1)
(a) 2. and 3., 814.62 (1), (2), (3) (a), and (4), 814.63 (1)
(b) and (2), 814.65 (1), 814.66 (1)
(a) 2., (b) 2., (c), (e) to (g), and (i) to (o) and (3), 814.67 (1)
(a) 1. and 2., (am), (b) 1., and (bg), 814.68 (1)
(a) and (2), 814.70 (1), (2), (3) (b), (7), (8), (9) (a), and (12), 814.72, 814.85 (1) (c), and 814.86 (1) for which a dollar amount is specified.
(2) REPORTS. Beginning in 2032, and in every 3rd fiscal biennium thereafter, no later than the last day for agencies to submit budget requests under s. 16.42 (1), the director of state courts shall submit to the department of administration, the governor, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the legislature, under s. 13.172 (2), a report that includes a calculation of the fee amount of each fee or surcharge specified in sub.
(1)
(c) if the fee amount were increased by the percentage difference between the consumer price index for the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year and the consumer price index for the base year, rounded up to the nearest dollar.