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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 23-2-507(2) | Penalty |
(2)(a) The offender shall pay the cost of supervising the payment of restitution, as provided in 46-18-245, by paying an amount equal to 10% of the amount of restitution ordered, but + See morenot less than $5. (b) A felony offender shall pay the restitution and cost of supervising the payment of restitution to the department of corrections until the offender has fully paid the restitution and the cost of supervising the payment of restitution. The department shall pay the restitution to the person or entity to whom the court ordered restitution to be paid. The department may contract with a government agency or private entity for the collection of the payments for restitution and the cost of collecting the payments for restitution during the period following state supervision or state custody of the offender. The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection (2)(b).
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The person or entity to whom restitution is owed; a government agency or private entity that has been contracted to collect the restitution payments and the cost of collecting the + See morerestitution payments.
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 23-2-507(2) | Penalty |
(2)(c) In a misdemeanor case, payment of restitution and of the cost of supervising the payment of restitution must be made to the court until the offender has fully paid + See morethe restitution and the cost of supervising the payment of restitution. The court shall disburse the money to the entity employing the person ordered to supervise restitution under 46-18-245, which shall disburse the restitution to the person or entity to whom the court ordered restitution to be paid.
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The court shall disburse the money to the entity employing the person ordered to supervise restitution under 46-18-245, which shall disburse the restitution to the person or entity to whom the + See morecourt ordered restitution to be paid
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 45-9-130 | Mandatory fine for possession and storage of dangerous drugs--disposition of proceeds |
In addition to the punishments and fines set forth in this part, the court shall fine each person found to have possessed or stored dangerous drugs 35% of the market + See morevalue of the drugs as determined by the court.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | Felony |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-111(3) | Presentence investigation |
The defendant shall pay to the department of corrections a $50 fee at the time that the report is completed, unless the court determines that the defendant is not able + See moreto pay the fee within a reasonable time. The fee may be retained by the department and used to finance contracts entered into under 53-1-203(5).
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State/statewide agency | Montana corporations to operate a day reporting program as an alternate sentencing option as provided in 46-18-201 and 46-18-225 and as a sanction option under 46-23-1015. | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-236(6) | Imposition of charge upon conviction or forfeiture--administration |
(a) A city or town finance officer or treasurer may retain the charges collected under subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) by a city municipal court or a city or town court + See moreand may use that money for the payment of salaries of the city or town attorney and deputies.
(b) Each county finance officer or treasurer may retain the charges collected under subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) by district courts for crimes committed or alleged to have been committed within that county. The county finance officer or treasurer shall use the money for the payment of salaries of its deputy county attorneys and for the payment of other salaries in the office of the county attorney, and any funds not needed for those salaries may be used for the payment of any other county salaries.
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Local jurisdiction | County | Misdemeanor, Felony |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-236(7) | Imposition of charge upon conviction or forfeiture--administration |
(a) Except as provided in subsection (7)(b), each county, city, or town finance officer or treasurer may retain the charges collected under subsection (1)(c) for payment of the expenses of + See morea victim and witness advocate program, including a program operated by a private, nonprofit organization, that provides the services specified in Title 40, chapter 15, and Title 46, chapter 24, and that is operated or used by the county, city, or town.
(b) The appropriate county, city, or town finance officer or treasurer shall deposit $1 of each charge collected under subsection (1)(c) in the collecting court's fund for mitigation of administrative costs incurred by the court in the collection of the charge. The funds deposited under this subsection (7)(b) are not subject to allocation under 46-18-251.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (7)(b), if the county, city, or town does not operate or use a victim and witness advocate program, all charges collected under subsection (1)(c) must be paid to the crime victims compensation and assistance program in the department of justice for deposit in the account provided for in 53-9-113.
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Victim and witness advocate program; the collecting court's fund for mitigation of administrative costs incurred by the court in the collection of the charge; crime victims compensation and assistance + See moreprogram in the department of justice for deposit in the account provided for in 53-9-113.
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-23-1031(2) | Supervisory fees--account established |
(2)(a) There is an account in the state special revenue fund for the supervisory fees collected under the provisions of this section. (b) The department shall deposit the total supervisory + See morefees collected pursuant to subsection (1) into the state special revenue account established in subsection (2)(a).
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State/statewide agency | An account in the state special revenue fund for the supervisory fees collected under the provisions of this section. | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 44-4-1206 | Collection, distribution, and use of testing fees |
The law enforcement agency of a county in which a sobriety program exists shall collect the testing fee required by the rules of the department and deposit the fees into + See morethe local sobriety program account established pursuant to department rules. The fee must be distributed according to those rules to the proper entity for use by the law enforcement agency or the law enforcement agency's designee pursuant to the terms determined by the law enforcement agency in accordance with the provisions of this part and the rules implementing this part.
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Law enforcement | N/A | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-317 | User Surcharge for Court Information Technology--Exception |
(4) The amounts collected under this section must be forwarded to the department of revenue for deposit in the state general fund to be used for state funding of court + See moreinformation technology.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-318 | Surcharges upon certain criminal convictions - exception | (4) The amounts collected under this section must be forwarded to the department of revenue for deposit in the account created in 44-10-204. | State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-317(4) | User Surcharge for Court Information Technology--Exception |
The amounts collected under this section must be forwarded to the department of revenue for deposit in the state general fund to be used for state funding of court information + See moretechnology
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State/statewide agency | The state general fund to be used for state funding of court information technology. | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-318(4) | Surcharges Upon Certain Criminal Convictions -- Exception | The amounts collected under this section must be forwarded to the department of revenue for deposit in the account created in 44-10-204. | State/statewide agency | The department of justice on behalf of the Montana law enforcement academy. | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-303 | Deposit of Fines--Collection |
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all fines imposed and collected by the court must be paid to the appropriate treasurer of the county, city, or town within 30 + See moredays of receipt. The judge shall file a copy of any receipt given for a collected fine with the appropriate county, city, or town clerk.
(2)(a) The court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the court.
(b) In the event that a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name.
(c) The court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment. The fee incurred by the court must be added to the judgment amount.
(3) If the judgment is for a fine alone, execution may issue on the judgment for any unpaid interest accrued on the judgment, costs, and fees in collecting the fine as on a judgment in a civil case.
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Clerk | The appropriate county, city, or town clerk; private person or entity. | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-304 | Disposition of fines for city ordinance violations when appealed |
All fines obtained from a judgment in a higher court on an appeal from a city court for violation of a city ordinance, tried de novo in the higher court, + See moreshall be paid to the county treasurer, who shall, before 31 days after receipt of the sum, forward one-half of the amount to the treasurer of the city in which the action originated.
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County | Local jurisdiction | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-402(2) | Fees and fines--collection |
(a) The municipal court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the municipal court.
(b) In the event + See morethat a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the municipal court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name.
(c) The municipal court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment.
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Local jurisdiction | NA | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-235 | Disposition of money collected as fines and costs |
Except as provided in 61-8-726, the money collected by a court as a result of the imposition of fines or assessment of costs under the provisions of 46-18-231 and 46-18-232 + See moremust be paid:
(1) by the clerk of district court to: (a) the department of revenue for deposit into the state general fund; or (b) if the fine was imposed for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10, and at the court's discretion, the drug forfeiture account maintained under 44-12-213 for the law enforcement agency that made the arrest from which the conviction and fine arose; and
(2) by a justice's court pursuant to 3-10-601.
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State/statewide agency | Law enforcement; county | All |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-603 | Disposition of fines and forfeitures |
All fines and forfeitures collected in any court except city courts must be applied to the payment of the costs of the case in which the fine is imposed or + See morethe forfeiture incurred. After those costs are paid, the remainder, if not paid to a justice's court or otherwise provided by law, must be forwarded to the department of revenue for deposit in the state general fund.
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Texas | Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Sec. 414.001; Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 37.073 | Definitions; Repayment of Rewards; Fines |
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Sec. 414.001(2) “Crime stoppers organization” means: (A) a private, nonprofit organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that accepts donations and expends funds for rewards to persons who submit tips under Section 414.0015(a), and that forwards the information received from tips to the appropriate law enforcement agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section 414.0015(b); or (B) a public organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that pays rewards to persons who submit tips under Section 414.0015(a), and that forwards the information received from tips to the appropriate law enforcement agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section 414.0015(b).
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 37.073(a) After a defendant has been convicted of a felony offense, the judge may order a defendant to pay a fine repaying all or part of a reward paid by a crime stoppers organization. |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc.. Art. 102.017(a)-(b) | Courthouse Security Fund; Municipal Court Building Security Fund; Justice Court Building Security Fund |
(a) The courthouse security fund is a fund in the county treasury, and the municipal court building security fund is a fund in the municipal treasury. The funds consist of money allocated to the funds under Sections 134.101, 134.102, and 134.103, Local Government Code.
(b) Money deposited in a courthouse security fund may be used only for security personnel, services, and items related to buildings that house the operations of district, county, or justice courts, and money deposited in a municipal court building security fund may be used only for security personnel, services, and items related to buildings that house the operations of municipal courts. For purposes of this subsection, operations of a district, county, or justice court include the activities of associate judges, masters, magistrates, referees, hearing officers, criminal law magistrate court judges, and masters in chancery . . . |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0186(a),(c) | ine for Certain Child Sexual Assault and Related Convictions |
(a) A person convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011(a)(2), 22.021(a)(1)(B), 43.25, 43.251, or 43.26, Penal Code, shall pay a fine of $100 on conviction of the offense. (c) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the fines and pay the fines to the county treasurer or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county treasurer for deposit in a fund to be known as the county child abuse prevention fund. A fund designated by this subsection may be used only to fund child abuse prevention programs in the county where the court is located.
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