(a) In addition to all other legal costs, the sum of $1.00 shall be charged and collected in each civil suit, action, case, or proceeding filed in the superior courts or in any other court of this state in which a clerk of the superior court is clerk, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all adoptions, charters, certiorari, applications by a personal representative for leave to sell or reinvest, trade name registrations, applications for change of name, and all other proceedings of a civil nature, filed in the superior courts or other such courts.

(b) In addition to all other legal costs, the sum of 50¢ shall be charged and collected in addition to any other fees or costs for the processing of all instruments pertaining to real estate filed in the superior courts.

(c) The clerks of the superior courts shall collect the fees provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section and the fees so collected shall be remitted to the board on a quarterly basis or at such time as the board may provide. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the superior courts to keep accurate records of the amounts due the board under this Code section and such records may be audited by the board at any time. The sums remitted to the board under this Code section shall be used for the purposes provided in this chapter.