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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 14 | Commitment of Debtor — Payments. |
A person committed to a jail or house of correction in default of payment of a fine may pay it to the keeper of the jail or superintendent of the house of correction, and the warrant for his commitment shall designate the town where the offence for which the fine was imposed was committed and the uses to which such fine is payable by the officer receiving it.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 42 | Use of Radio or Boom Box Without Using Earphones on Public Conveyance; Punishment; Sale of Evidence at Public Auction. |
Evidence seized pursuant to this section shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds therefrom may be applied against outstanding fines and court costs. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, § 39(b) | Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles: Fees — Surcharge. |
(b) There shall be a surcharge of 20 per cent on a fine assessed against a person convicted of or found responsible for a violation under this chapter or a violation of a special regulation made under this chapter. Notwithstanding the distribution of fines, penalties and forfeitures under section 10G of chapter 21A, the surcharge shall be deposited into the Massachusetts Environmental Police Trust Fund.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 54 | Human Trafficking — Fines to be Directed to Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund. |
The court shall transmit fines collected pursuant to sections 50 and 51 to the state treasurer. The treasurer shall deposit such fines into the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund established in section 66A of chapter 10.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266 §133 | Injury to Property of Humane Society. |
One half of any fine paid hereunder shall be paid to the person who gives information upon which a conviction is obtained. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266 §135 | Mooring Vessel to a Buoy. |
Whoever moors or in any manner makes fast a vessel, scow, boat or raft to a buoy, beacon or floating guide placed by the government of the United States in the navigable waters of the commonwealth shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; and whoever wilfully destroys, injures or removes any such beacon or guide shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months. One third of all fines which accrue under this section shall be paid to the complainant and two–thirds to the commonwealth.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 9(b) | Additional Remedies for Violations of §§ 2 to 8, and 23. |
(b) In addition to the remedies set forth in subsection (a), the state ethics commission upon a finding pursuant to an adjudicatory proceeding that a person has acted to his economic advantage in violation of sections 2 to 8, inclusive, or section 23, may issue an order: (1) requiring the violator to pay the commission on behalf of the commonwealth damages in the amount of the economic advantage or $500, whichever is greater; and (2) requiring the violator to make restitution to an injured third party.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 92 | Restitution — Payments to Probation Officers. |
If a person is placed on probation upon condition that he make restitution or reparation to the person injured by him in the commission of his offence, and payment is not made at once, the court may order that it shall be made to the probation officer, who shall give receipts for and keep record of all payments made to him, pay the money to the person injured and keep his receipt therefor, and notify the clerk of the court whenever the full amount of the money is received or paid in accordance with such order or with any modification thereof.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 2 | Court Order — Payment. |
A fine or forfeiture imposed by a court shall, except as otherwise provided, be paid over to the state treasurer. Twenty per cent of the fines imposed under the provisions of chapter three hundred and fifty–four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty–two shall be paid over to the state treasurer. If the whole or any part of a fine is by law payable to a complainant or informant or to a person or corporation as beneficiary, the court may apportion the fine or forfeiture between such complainant, informant or other beneficiary and the commonwealth, respectively.
Fines imposed under the provisions of chapters eighty-nine and ninety, including fines, penalties and assessments imposed under the provisions of chapter ninety C for the violation of the provisions of chapters eighty-nine and ninety, fines assessed by a hearing officer of a city or town as defined in sections twenty A and twenty A½ of chapter ninety and forfeitures imposed under the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one of chapter one hundred and forty, shall be paid over to the treasury of the city or town wherein the offense was committed; provided, however, that only fifty per cent of the amount of fines, penalties and assessments collected for violations of section seventeen of chapter ninety or of a special speed regulation lawfully made under the authority of section eighteen of said chapter ninety shall be paid over to the treasury of the city or town wherein the offense was committed and the remaining fifty per cent shall be paid over to the state treasurer and credited to the Highway Fund. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258B, § 8 | Assessments Against Persons Convicted — Imposed. |
The court shall impose an additional domestic violence prevention and victim assistance assessment of $50 for: (i) any violation of an order issued pursuant to sections 18 or 34B of chapter 208, section 32 of chapter 209, sections 3, 4 or 5 of chapter 209A or section 15 or 20 of chapter 209C; (ii) a conviction or adjudication for an act which would constitute abuse, as defined in section 1 of chapter 209A; or (iii) a violation of section 13M or 15D of chapter 265, which shall be deposited in the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance Fund, established in section 20 of chapter 17.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258B, § 8 | Assessments Against Persons Convicted — Imposed. |
All such assessments made shall be collected by the court or by the registrar, as the case may be, and shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer. If the person convicted is sentenced to a correctional facility in the commonwealth, the superintendent or sheriff of the facility shall deduct any part or all of the monies earned or received by any inmate and held by the correctional facility, to satisfy the victim and witness assessment, and shall transmit such monies to the court monthly. The assessment from any conviction or adjudication of delinquency which is subsequently overturned on appeal shall be refunded by the court to the person whose conviction or adjudication of delinquency is overturned. Said court shall deduct such funds from the assessments transmitted to the state treasurer.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 55 | Human Trafficking — Monies to be Directed to Victim Restitution. |
All monies furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for forced labor or services or sexual servitude, and all monies used or intended to be used to facilitate any violation of section 50 or 51 shall be subject to forfeiture to the commonwealth and shall be made available by the court to any victim ordered restitution by the court pursuant to section 3 of chapter 258B.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 39(b) | Crimes Motivated by Race, Color, Religion or National Origin. |
There shall be a surcharge of one hundred dollars on a fine assessed against a defendant convicted of a violation of this section; provided, however, that moneys from such surcharge shall be delivered forthwith to the treasurer of the commonwealth and deposited in the Diversity Awareness Education Trust Fund established under the provisions of section thirty-nine Q of chapter ten. In the case of convictions for multiple offenses, said surcharge shall be assessed for each such conviction.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 20 | Motor Vehicles and Aircraft: Penalties and Punishments. |
In addition to any reinstatement fee, there shall be a surcharge of $50 assessed against a person who seeks to have the person’s license reinstated following a revocation or suspension under this paragraph. The surcharge shall be transferred by the registrar of motor vehicles to the state treasurer for deposit into the Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund established pursuant to section 59A of chapter 10.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209A, § 7 | Search of Domestic Violence Records; Outstanding Warrants; Service of Order, Complaint and Summons; Enforcement; Violations. |
Any violation of such order or a protection order issued by another jurisdiction shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one–half years in a house of correction, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition to, but not in lieu of, the forgoing penalties and any other sentence, fee or assessment, including the victim witness assessment in section 8 of chapter 258B, the court shall order persons convicted of a crime under this statute to pay a fine of $25 that shall be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209A, § 10 | Assessment Upon Assignment to Batterers’ Treatment Program. |
All funds collected by the court pursuant to this section shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer, who shall deposit said funds in the General Fund. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1 | Suspended Sentences — Imprisonment. |
The probation officer shall give a receipt for every payment so made, shall keep a record of the same, shall pay the fine, or all sums received in part payment thereof, to the sheriff if such fine is imposed in the superior court, ....at the end of the period of probation or any extension thereof, and shall keep on file the sheriff's or clerk's receipt therefor.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 87A | Participation in Rehabilitative Programs or Performance of Community Service Work. |
The court shall assess upon every person placed on supervised probation, including all persons placed on probation for offenses under section 24 of chapter 90, a monthly probation supervision fee, hereinafter referred to as “probation fee”, in the amount of $60 per month . . . Said probation fee shall be collected by the several probation offices of the trial court and shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit into the General Fund of the commonwealth.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 6A | Special Cost Assessments. |
Before imposing a fine or forfeiture as a punishment or part punishment for a crime, the court or justice shall levy as a special cost assessment an amount equal to twenty–five per cent of the fine or forfeiture . . . Said cost assessment shall be accounted for by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the state treasurer who shall deposit such assessment in the General Fund.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 7 | Certificates of Fines Imposed. |
At the end of every sitting of the superior court for the transaction of criminal business, the clerk shall make and deliver to the state treasurer certificates of all fines imposed by the court, to the use of the commonwealth or to the treasurer of a city or town under the provisions of section two of this chapter.
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