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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-96-403(2) | Imposition by Circuit Court on Appeal--Costs |
(A) If the defendant pleads guilty or nolo contendere or the circuit court dismisses the appeal, including dismissals under Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure 36(h)... (B) (ii) Upon receipt of the notice of affirmance or dismissal and the bond or other security, the court from which the appeal originated shall collect and disburse the fines, penalties, forfeitures, and costs under §§ 14-44-108, 14-45-106, 16-10-209, 16-10-308, and 16-17-707;
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(1)(A)(ii) | Responsibility for Collection |
All fines collected each month in circuit court by the designated county official, agency, or department shall be disbursed by the fifth working day of the following month to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state entity, or state agency as provided by law.
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State Administration of Justice Fund, the County Administration of Justice Fund, and the Appropriate County Fund, State Entity, or State Agency as Provided by Law. |
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Hawaii | Haw. Rev. Stat. § 601-3.6(a)-(c) | Spouse and child abuse special account; judiciary |
(a) There is established within the state treasury a special fund to be known as the spouse and child abuse special account, and to be administered and expended by the judiciary
(b) The proceeds of the account shall be reserved for use by the judiciary for staff programs, and grants or purchases of service, consistent with chapters 42F and 103F, that support or provide spouse or child abuse intervention or prevention as authorized by law. These proceeds shall be used for new or existing programs and shall not supplant any other funds previously allocated to these programs. The account shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds in the treasury. (c) The account shall consist of fees remitted pursuant to sections 338-14.5 and 572-5, income tax remittances allocated under section 2(35-102.5), fines collected pursuant to sections [586-4(e)], 580-10, and 586-11, interest and investment earnings, grants, donations, and contributions from private or public sources. All realizations of the account shall be subject to the conditions specified in subsection (b). |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 16 | Disposal of Refuse on Highways, Public Land, Private Property, or in Coastal or Inland Waters. |
Within five days of the payment of a fine to secure the release of a seized vehicle as provided for herein, the enforcing authority to whom the fine is paid shall deposit the fine in court along with an application for a criminal complaint regarding the offense, and the court shall hold the fine until judgment is entered on said complaint; provided, however, that at the discretion of the enforcing authority, the violation may be disposed of by the non-criminal disposition procedures pursuant to section twenty-one D of chapter forty, in which case the maximum fine shall be one thousand dollars. If a conviction is returned on the complaint the court shall award to any person or persons, other than an employee of the enforcing authority, whose information materially contributed to the identification of the convicted party, up to five hundred dollars, or forty percent of said fine, whichever is the greater, and the balance of the fine shall be equally divided between the enforcing authority and the court. If such violation is disposed of non-criminally, the balance of such fine, after payment of the award, if any, shall be deposited in the general fund of the enforcing authority.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 17 | Disposal of Garbage and Refuse in Trash Barrels Placed on Public Highways; Penalty. |
Whoever disposes of household or commercial garbage or refuse by placing it in a trash barrel placed on a public highway by the commonwealth, or by any political subdivision thereof for the convenience of the traveling public shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars. One-half of any fine paid into a court shall be paid over to the city or town where said offense occurred.
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Municipality;municipal agency; local jurisdiction. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.42(b) | Treatment court fees |
In each fiscal year, the court shall deposit the treatment court participation fees in the special revenue fund and credit the fees to a separate account for the trial courts. The balance in this account is appropriated to the trial courts and does not cancel but is available until expended. Expenditures from this account must be made for treatment court purposes.
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Special revenue fund for drug court purposes. |
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Missouri | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.5358 | Drug court operations, surcharge for, exceptions (Jackson County) |
The court administrator of the sixteenth judicial circuit shall, pursuant to section 478.466, charge and collect a surcharge of thirty dollars in all proceedings assigned to the treatment commissioner for disposition, provided that the surcharge shall not be charged in any proceeding when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. Moneys obtained from such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020 and payable to the drug commissioner for operation of the drug court.
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New Mexico | N.M. Stat. Ann. § 35-6-7 | Magistrate court; drug court fee; monthly remittances |
A. A magistrate court that has an adult drug court program may assess and collect from participants a “drug court fee” of fifty dollars ($50.00) a month. Program fee requirements may be satisfied by community service at the federal minimum wage. Proceeds from the drug court fee shall be deposited in the magistrate drug court fund.
B. Each magistrate court shall pay monthly to the administrative office of the courts, not later than the date established by rule of the director of the administrative office, the amount collected pursuant to Subsection A of this section, which shall be credited to the magistrate drug court fund. The administrative office shall return to each magistrate a written receipt itemizing all money received and credited to the fund. |
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Vermont | Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 4 § 27 | Court technology special fund |
There is established the Court Technology Special Fund which shall be managed in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. Administrative fees collected pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7252 and revenue collected pursuant to fees established pursuant to sections 1105 and 1109 of this title shall be deposited and credited to this Fund. The Fund shall be available to the Judicial Branch to pay for contractual and operating expenses and project-related staffing not covered by the General Fund related to the following:
(1) The acquisition and maintenance of software and hardware needed for case management, electronic filing, an electronic document management system, and the expense of implementation, including training. (2) The acquisition and maintenance of electronic audio and video court recording and conferencing equipment. (3) The acquisition, maintenance, and support of the Judiciary's information technology network, including training. |
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Court Technology Special Fund |
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