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Colorado | C.R.S. 13-2-119 | Disposition of Fees |
At the end of each month, all fees collected by the clerk of the supreme court during said month, except fees for admission to the bar and attorney registration fees, shall be deposited by the clerk with the state treasurer, by whom the same shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds in the state treasurer's hands.
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Colorado | C.R.S. 18-1.3-507.5 | Useful Public Service Cash Fund Created |
(1) The useful public service cash fund, referred to within this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money collected as fees and credited to the fund pursuant to subsection (3) of this section and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the judicial department for the cost of administering useful public service programs and associated costs for personal services; except that the fund is subject to the limitations on uncommitted reserves described in section 24-75-402; (2) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the fund and may not be transferred to the general fund or to another fund; (3) In counties where the judicial department operates a useful public service program as provided in section 18-1.3-507, 18-18-432, or 42-4-1301.4, the court shall collect any money assessed as fees pursuant to such sections and transfer such money to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the fund.
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Colorado | C.R.S. 18-1.3-601(2) | Legislative Declaration |
It is the intent of the general assembly that restitution be ordered, collected, and disbursed to the victims of crime and their immediate families. Such restitution will aid the offender in reintegration as a productive member of society. This part 6 shall be liberally construed to accomplish all such purposes.
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Colorado | C.R.S. 18-22-103 | Source of Revenues - Allocation of Moneys |
(1) Each juvenile who is convicted as an adult of a violent crime shall be required to pay a surcharge to the clerk of the court in which the conviction occurs in an amount equal to any fine imposed by such court. (2) The clerk of the court shall allocate the surcharge required by subsection (1) of this section as follows:(a) (I) Five percent shall be retained by the clerk for administrative costs incurred pursuant to this section. Such amount retained shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund, and such amount shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly for the costs of such administration. (II) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a), on and after July 1, 2008, the portion of the surcharge that is retained under this paragraph (a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in section 13-32-101 (6), C.R.S. (b) Ninety-five percent shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall credit the same to the youthful offender system surcharge fund created pursuant to subsection (3) of this section. (3) There is hereby created in the state treasury a youthful offender system surcharge fund which shall consist of moneys received by the state treasurer pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section. In accordance with section 24-36-114, C.R.S., all interest derived from the deposit and investment of this fund shall be credited to the general fund. Any moneys not appropriated by the general assembly shall remain in the youthful offender system surcharge fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year. All moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of corrections to cover the direct and indirect costs associated with the rehabilitation, education, and treatment of youthful offenders sentenced to a youthful offender system.
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The Court Clerk; The Judicial Stabilization Cash Fund. |
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Colorado | C.R.S. 24-36-104(1) | Moneys to be Deposited |
All moneys received by the treasury department shall be promptly deposited in such national or state banks doing business in this state as the state treasurer shall select. Accounts in such depositories shall be carried in the name of "Treasurer, State of Colorado", and withdrawals therefrom shall be made and signed in such manner as the state treasurer shall direct. The state treasurer may make payments, without appropriation, of all actual and necessary charges made by such depositories for expenses related to the deposit and withdrawal of moneys received by the treasury department in accordance with the constitution or statutes of Colorado. Such payments shall be made from investment income or any other available revenues. The state treasurer shall contract for all such bank services in accordance with the provisions of the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of this title. The state treasurer shall make the criteria used in selecting a vendor for bank services available to the finance committees of both houses of the general assembly prior to the award of a contract and shall make all contracts submitted or entered into pursuant to this section available for public inspection in accordance with the provisions of part 2 of article 72 of this title.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-2-202 | Collection of fees |
The clerk of the supreme court shall collect the following fees from the plaintiff in error or appellant, or in case of an original proceeding the plaintiff or relator shall, at the time of filing the petition in error or record on appeal or when commencing the cause in this court, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). At the time of filing, the clerk also shall collect a court automation fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) which shall be deposited into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120, and an indigent civil legal services fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be deposited into the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121. Other fees or charges to be assessed within the clerk's office are to be determined under rules of the supreme court.
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Indigent civil legal services account; judicial systems automation account. |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-6-108 | Costs |
(a) Each city or town in the state of Wyoming may prescribe by ordinance such costs in all trials before municipal courts as may be necessary or deemed expedient. However, the costs shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00). All costs collected shall be turned into the treasury of the city or town. By ordinance a city or town may prescribe:
(i) A court automation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance; (ii) An indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) as a cost to be paid by every person guilty of a violation of a city or town ordinance. |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-10-102 | Imposition of fine for any felony; maximum fine where not established by statute; court automation fee; indigent civil legal services fee |
The court may impose a fine as part of the punishment for any felony. If the statute does not establish a maximum fine, the fine shall be not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). The court shall impose a court automation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301. The fee shall be remitted as provided by W.S. 5-3-205. In addition to the court automation fee the court shall impose an indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301 or 35-7-1037. The indigent civil legal services fee shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205(a)(ii).
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-10-103 | Penalties for misdemeanors where not prescribed by statute; court automation fee; indigent civil legal services fee |
Unless a different penalty is prescribed by law, every crime declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both. The court shall impose a court automation fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301. The fee shall be remitted as provided by W.S. 5-3-205. In addition to the court automation fee the court shall impose an indigent civil legal services fee of ten dollars ($10.00) in every criminal case wherein the defendant is found guilty, enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is placed on probation under W.S. 7-13-301. The indigent civil legal services fee shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205(a)(ii).
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Wyoming | Wyo. R. Crim. P. 32.1 | Offender Payments and Restitution |
The clerk of court shall use the following prioritized order when distributing offender payments and restitution: Fee (Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-2-120)
3. Indigent Civil Legal Services Fee (Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-2-121) 4. Restitution as follows: (a) Restitution payments received by a court shall be forwarded to the third party whenever the court has received funds totaling $25 or more. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as to limit any number of additional payments the clerks may choose to make. (b) If there are multiple victims in a case, the clerk shall pay out to each victim in equal amounts, but may hold those monies until the clerk has received funds totaling $25 per victim. (c) If six months between restitution payments have lapsed, the clerk shall pay out in equal amounts the remainder of monies held. 5. Drug Court Surcharge (Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-1616) |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.021(1a) | Court administrator of district court; fees |
Transmittal of fees to commissioner of management and budget. (a) Every person, including the state of Minnesota and all bodies politic and corporate, who shall transact any business in the district court, shall pay to the court administrator of said court the sundry fees prescribed in subdivision 2. Except as provided in paragraph (d), the court administrator shall transmit the fees monthly to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 574.34(1) | Fines, how disposed of |
General. Fines and forfeitures not specially granted or appropriated by law shall be paid into the treasury of the county where they are incurred, except in a county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the fines and forfeitures must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.3241(c) | Sex Crimes: Penalty assessment authorized |
(c) The assessment collected under paragraph (a) must be distributed as follows: for use in enforcement, training, and education activities related to combating sexual exploitation of youth, or if the arresting officer is an employee of the state, this portion shall be forwarded to the commissioner of public safety for those purposes identified in clause (3);
(2) 20 percent of the assessment shall be forwarded to the prosecuting agency that handled the case for use in training and education activities relating to combating sexual exploitation activities of youth; and (3) 40 percent of the assessment must be forwarded to the commissioner of health to be deposited in the safe harbor for youth account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to crime victims services organizations that provide services to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 31. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.49(5) | Release, failure to appear |
Reimbursement for costs. Upon conviction of a defendant for a violation of subdivision 1 or 2, the court may order as part of the sentence that the defendant pay the costs incurred by the prosecuting authority or governmental agency due to the defendant's failure to appear. The court may order this payment in addition to any other penalty authorized by law which it may impose. A defendant shall pay the entire amount of any restitution ordered and fine imposed before paying costs ordered under this subdivision. The order for payment of these costs may be enforced in the same manner as the sentence, or by execution against property. When collected, the costs must be paid into the treasury of the county of conviction.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.904(4) | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO): Criminal Penalties |
Disposition of fine proceeds. The court shall apply fines collected under this section to the costs and expenses of investigation and prosecution, including costs of resources and personnel incurred in investigation and prosecution and the balance, if any, as provided under section 574.34.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 621.38 | Sentence; costs of prosecution |
In a criminal action, upon conviction of the defendant, the court may order as part of the sentence that defendant shall pay the whole or any part of the disbursements of the prosecution, including disbursements made to extradite a defendant. The court may order this payment in addition to any other penalty authorized by law which it may impose. The payment of the disbursements of prosecution may be enforced in the same manner as the sentence, or by execution against property. When collected, the disbursements of ordered prosecution costs shall be paid to the municipality or subdivision of government which employed the prosecuting attorney or otherwise provided for prosecution of the case. This payment may not interfere with the payment of officers', witnesses', or jurors' fees.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 484.85 | Disposition of fines, fees, and other money; accounts; Ramsey County District Court |
(a) In all cases prosecuted in Ramsey County District Court by an attorney for a municipality or subdivision of government within Ramsey County for violation of a statute; an ordinance; or a charter provision, rule, or regulation of a city; all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the court administrator shall be deposited in the state treasury and distributed according to this paragraph. Except where a different disposition is provided by section 299D.03, subdivision 5, or other law, on or before the last day of each month, the court shall pay over all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the court administrator during the previous month as follows:
(1) for offenses committed within the city of St. Paul, two-thirds paid to the treasurer of the city of St. Paul and one-third credited to the state general fund; and (2) for offenses committed within any other municipality or subdivision of government within Ramsey County, one-half paid to the treasurer of the municipality or subdivision of government and one-half credited to the state general fund. All other fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the district court shall be distributed by the courts as provided by law. (b) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall be distributed as provided in paragraph (a) when: (1) a city contracts with the county attorney for prosecutorial services under section 484.87, subdivision 3; or (2) the attorney general provides assistance to the city attorney under section 484.87, subdivision 5. Credits |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 484.841 | Disposition of fines, fees, and other money; accounts; Hennepin County District Court |
. . . the court administrator shall pay all fines and penalties collected by the court administrator, all fees collected by the court administrator for court administrator's services, all sums forfeited to the court as provided in this subdivision, and all other money received by the court administrator to the subdivision of government entitled to it as follows on or before the 20th day after the last day of the month in which the money was collected. Eighty percent of all fines and penalties collected during the previous month shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality or subdivision of government where the crime was committed. The remainder of the fines and penalties shall be credited to the general fund of the state. In all cases in which the county attorney had charge of the prosecution, all fines and penalties shall be credited to the state general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 484.90(6) | Fees payable to court administrator |
Allocation. (a) In all cases prosecuted in district court by an attorney for a municipality or other subdivision of government within the county for violations of state statute, or of an ordinance; or charter provision, rule, or regulation of a city; all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected shall be deposited in the state treasury and distributed according to this paragraph. For the purpose of this section, the county attorney shall be considered the attorney for any town in which a violation occurs. Except where a different disposition is provided by section 299D.03, subdivision 5, 484.841, 484.85, or other law, on or before the last day of each month, the courts shall pay over all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the court administrator during the previous month as follows:
(1) 100 percent of all fines or penalties for parking violations for which complaints and warrants have not been issued to the treasurer of the city or town in which the offense was committed; and (2) two-thirds of all other fines to the treasurer of the city or town in which the offense was committed and one-third credited to the state general fund. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 485.018(5) | District Court Administrators: Withholding salary; collection of fees |
Collection of fees. The court administrator of district court shall charge and collect all fees as prescribed by law and all such fees collected by the court administrator as court administrator of district court shall be paid to the Department of Management and Budget. Except for those portions of forfeited bail paid to victims pursuant to existing law, the court administrator shall forward all revenue from fees and forfeited bail collected under chapters 357, 487, and 574 to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund, unless otherwise provided in chapter 611A or other law, in the manner and at the times prescribed by the commissioner of management and budget, but not less often than once each month.
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