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Indiana | Burns Ind. Code Ann. § 35-33-8-3.3 (c);(d);(f);(g) | Pretrial Services Fees |
(c) If a clerk of a court collects a pretrial services fee, the clerk may retain not more than three percent (3%) of the fee to defray the administrative costs of collecting the fee. The clerk shall deposit amounts retained under this subsection in the clerk’s record perpetuation fund established under IC 33-37-5-2. (d) If a clerk of a court collects a pretrial services fee from a defendant, upon request of the county auditor, the clerk shall transfer not more than three percent (3%) of the fee to the county auditor for deposit in the county general fund ... (f) The probation department, pretrial services agency, or clerk of the court shall collect the administrative fee under subsection (e)(3) before collecting any other fee under subsection (e). Except for the money described in subsections (c) and (d), all money collected by the probation department, pretrial services agency, or clerk of the court under this section shall be transferred to the county treasurer, who shall deposit fifty percent (50%) of the money into the county supplemental adult probation services fund and fifty percent (50%) of the money into the county supplemental public defender services fund (IC 33-40-3-1). The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate money from the county supplemental adult probation services fund: (1) to the county, superior, or circuit court of the county that provides probation services or pretrial services to adults to supplement adult probation services or pretrial services; and (2) to supplement the salary of: (A) an employee of a pretrial services agency; or (B) a probation officer in accordance with the schedule adopted by the county fiscal body under IC 36-2-16.5. (g) The county supplemental adult probation services fund may be used only to supplement adult probation services or pretrial services and to supplement salaries for probation officers or employees of a pretrial services agency. A supplemental probation services fund may not be used to replace other probation services or pretrial services funding. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to any other fund but continues in the county supplemental adult probation services fund.
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Indiana | Burns Ind. Code Ann. § 33-37-2-3 (e) | Indigency Hearing — Suspension of Costs — Default — Fees for Representation — Rights and Protections |
If, after a hearing under subsection (a) or (b), the court determines that a convicted person is able to pay part of the costs of representation, the court shall order the person to pay an amount of not more than the cost of the defense services rendered on behalf of the person. The clerk shall deposit the amount paid by a convicted person under this subsection in the county's supplemental public defender services fund established under Ind. Code § 33-40-3-1.
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Indiana | Burns Ind. Code Ann. § 33-37-7-2 | Distribution of Circuit Court Fees |
(a) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute semiannually to the auditor of state as the state share for deposit in the homeowner protection unit account established by IC 4-6-12-9 one hundred percent (100%) of the automated record keeping fees collected under IC 33-37-5-21 with respect to actions resulting in the accused person entering into a pretrial diversion program agreement under IC 33-39-1-8 or a deferral program agreement under IC 34-28-5-1 and for deposit in the state general fund seventy percent (70%) of the amount of fees collected under the following: (1) IC 33-37-4-1(a) (criminal costs fees). (2) IC 33-37-4-2(a) (infraction or ordinance violation costs fees). (3) IC 33-37-4-3(a) (juvenile costs fees). (4) IC 33-37-4-4(a) (civil costs fees). (5) IC 33-37-4-6(a)(1)(A) (small claims costs fees). (6) IC 33-37-4-7(a) (probate costs fees). (7) IC 33-37-5-17 (deferred prosecution fees). (b) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute semiannually to the auditor of state for deposit in the state user fee fund established in IC 33-37-9-2 the following: (1) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction, and correction fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(5). (2) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the alcohol and drug countermeasures fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(6), IC 33-37-4-2(b)(4), and IC 33-37-4-3(b)(5). (3) One hundred percent (100%) of the child abuse prevention fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(7). (4) One hundred percent (100%) of the domestic violence prevention and treatment fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(8). (5) One hundred percent (100%) of the highway worksite zone fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(9) and IC 33-37-4-2(b)(5). (6) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the safe schools fee collected under IC 33-37-5-18. (7) One hundred percent (100%) of the automated record keeping fee collected under IC 33-37-5-21 not distributed under subsection (a). (c) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute monthly to the county auditor the following: (1) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the drug abuse, prosecution, interdiction, and correction fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(5). (2) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the alcohol and drug countermeasures fees collected under IC 33-37-4-1(b)(6), IC 33-37-4-2(b)(4), and IC 33-37-4-3(b)(5). The county auditor shall deposit fees distributed by a clerk under this subsection into the county drug free community fund established under IC 5-2-11. (d) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute monthly to the county auditor one hundred percent (100%) of the late payment fees collected under IC 33-37-5-22. The county auditor shall deposit fees distributed by a clerk under this subsection as follows: (1) If directed to do so by an ordinance adopted by the county fiscal body, the county auditor shall deposit forty percent (40%) of the fees in the clerk’s record perpetuation fund established under IC 33-37-5-2 and sixty percent (60%) of the fees in the county general fund. (2) If the county fiscal body has not adopted an ordinance described in subdivision (1), the county auditor shall deposit all the fees in the county general fund. (e) The clerk of the circuit court shall distribute semiannually to the auditor of state for deposit in the sexual assault victims assistance fund established by IC 5-2-6-23(j) one hundred percent (100%) of the sexual assault victims assistance fees collected under IC 33-37-5-23. (f) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute monthly to the county auditor the following: (1) One hundred percent (100%) of the support and maintenance fees for cases designated as non-Title IV-D child support cases in the Indiana support enforcement tracking system (ISETS) or the successor statewide automated support enforcement system collected under IC 33-37-5-6. (2) The percentage share of the support and maintenance fees for cases designated as Title IV-D child support cases in ISETS or the successor statewide automated support enforcement system collected under IC 33-37-5-6 that is reimbursable to the county at the federal financial participation rate. The county clerk shall distribute monthly to the department of child services the percentage share of the support and maintenance fees for cases designated as Title IV-D child support cases in ISETS, or the successor statewide automated support enforcement system, collected under IC 33-37-5-6 that is not reimbursable to the county at the applicable federal financial participation rate. (g) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute monthly to the county auditor the following: (1) One hundred percent (100%) of the small claims service fee under IC 33-37-4-6(a)(1)(B) or IC 33-37-4-6(a)(2) for deposit in the county general fund. (2) One hundred percent (100%) of the small claims garnishee service fee under IC 33-37-4-6(a)(1)(C) or IC 33-37-4-6(a)(3) for deposit in the county general fund. (3) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the safe schools fee collected under IC 33-37-5-18 for deposit in the county general fund. (h) This subsection does not apply to court administration fees collected in small claims actions filed in a court described in IC 33-34. The clerk of a circuit court shall semiannually distribute to the auditor of state for deposit in the state general fund one hundred percent (100%) of the following: (1) The public defense administration fee collected under IC 33-37-5-21.2. (2) The judicial salaries fees collected under IC 33-37-5-26. (3) The DNA sample processing fees collected under IC 33-37-5-26.2. (4) The court administration fees collected under IC 33-37-5-27. (i) The clerk of a circuit court shall semiannually distribute to the auditor of state for deposit in the judicial branch insurance adjustment account established by IC 33-38-5-8.2 one hundred percent (100%) of the judicial insurance adjustment fee collected under IC 33-37-5-25. (j) The proceeds of the service fee collected under IC 33-37-5-28(b)(1) or IC 33-37-5-28(b)(2) shall be distributed as follows: (1) The clerk shall distribute one hundred percent (100%) of the service fees collected in a circuit, superior, county, or probate court to the county auditor for deposit in the county general fund. (2) The clerk shall distribute one hundred percent (100%) of the service fees collected in a city or town court to the city or town fiscal officer for deposit in the city or town general fund. (k) The proceeds of the garnishee service fee collected under IC 33-37-5-28(b)(3) or IC 33-37-5-28(b)(4) shall be distributed as follows: (1) The clerk shall distribute one hundred percent (100%) of the garnishee service fees collected in a circuit, superior, county, or probate court to the county auditor for deposit in the county general fund. (2) The clerk shall distribute one hundred percent (100%) of the garnishee service fees collected in a city or town court to the city or town fiscal officer for deposit in the city or town general fund. (l) The clerk of the circuit court shall distribute semiannually to the auditor of state for deposit in the home ownership education account established by IC 5-20-1-27 one hundred percent (100%) of the following: (1) The mortgage foreclosure counseling and education fees collected under IC 33-37-5-33 (before its expiration on July 1, 2017). (2) Any civil penalties imposed and collected by a court for a violation of a court order in a foreclosure action under IC 32-30-10.5. (m) The clerk of a circuit court shall distribute semiannually to the auditor of state one hundred percent (100%) of the pro bono legal services fees collected before July 1, 2022, under IC 33-37-5-31. The auditor of state shall transfer semiannually the pro bono legal services fees to the Indiana Bar Foundation (or a successor entity) as the entity designated to organize and administer the interest on lawyers trust accounts (IOLTA) program under Rule 1.15 of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Indiana supreme court. The Indiana Bar Foundation shall: (1) deposit in an appropriate account and otherwise manage the fees the Indiana Bar Foundation receives under this subsection in the same manner the Indiana Bar Foundation deposits and manages the net earnings the Indiana Bar Foundation receives from IOLTA accounts; and (2) use the fees the Indiana Bar Foundation receives under this subsection to assist or establish approved pro bono legal services programs. The handling and expenditure of the pro bono legal services fees received under this section by the Indiana Bar Foundation (or its successor entity) are subject to audit by the state board of accounts. The amounts necessary to make the transfers required by this subsection are appropriated from the state general fund.
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Indiana | Burns Ind. Code Ann. § 33-37-7-4 | Distribution of Fees Collected by Circuit Court to County |
(a) The clerk of a circuit court shall forward the county share of fees collected to the county auditor in accordance with IC 33-37-7-12(a). The auditor shall retain as the county share twenty-seven percent (27%) of the amount of fees collected under the following: (1) IC 33-37-4-1(a) (criminal costs fees). (2) IC 33-37-4-2(a) (infraction or ordinance violation costs fees). (3) IC 33-37-4-3(a) (juvenile costs fees). (4) IC 33-37-4-4(a) (civil costs fees). (5) IC 33-37-4-6(a)(1) (small claims costs fees). (6) IC 33-37-4-7(a) (probate costs fees). (7) IC 33-37-5-17 (deferred prosecution fees). (b) This section applies after June 30, 2005.
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Kansas | Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-2766b | Same; actions for enforcement of resolutions; costs; fees and mileage for witnesses; fines and penalties, disposition of |
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in all actions for the enforcement of resolutions of improvement districts the items allowable as costs shall be the same as in cases + See morefor misdemeanor violations of state law and shall be taxed as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3801, 22-3802 and 22-3803, and amendments thereto.
(b) The fees and mileage for the attendance of witnesses shall be borne by the party calling the witness, except that if an accused person is found not guilty, the improvement district shall pay all such expenses, but the court may direct that fees and mileage of witnesses subpoenaed by the accused person be charged against such person, if the court finds that there has been an abuse of the use of subpoenas by the accused person.
(c) Except as hereinafter provided, all fines and penalties collected in actions for the enforcement of resolutions adopted by improvement districts, as provided in this act and the act of which this act is amendatory, shall be paid over to the county treasurer of the county where they are imposed for deposit in the county general fund. The court, when imposing fines and penalties for resolution violations, shall identify violations which also constitute a violation of state law. Those fines and penalties derived from the enforcement of any resolution, a violation of which would also constitute a violation of state law, shall be remitted to the state treasurer as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 20-2801, and amendments thereto.
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 532.352 | Reimbursement for costs of incarceration |
(3) Reimbursement of incarceration costs shall be paid by the defendant directly to the jailer in the amount specified by written order of the court. Incarceration costs owed to the Department of Corrections shall be paid through the circuit clerk.
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 24A.1765 | Additional fees for criminal cases; allocation to general fund and telephonic behavioral health jail triage system |
In addition to the twenty dollar ($20) fee created by KRS 24A.176, in criminal cases a ten dollar ($10) fee shall be added to the costs imposed by KRS 24A.175 that the defendant is required to pay. The first five dollars ($5) of each fee collected under this section shall be placed into the general fund, and the remainder of the fee shall be allocated to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the implementation and operation of a telephonic behavioral health jail triage system as provided in KRS 210.365 and 441.048.
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 24A.180(1) | Disposition of District Court fees and costs |
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section all fees and costs collected pursuant to KRS 24A.170(1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the State Treasury. |
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23A.180(2)-(5) | Additional costs imposed in criminal cases; funds distributed to local governments and counties; funds used for police, jails, and transport of prisoners |
(2) In criminal cases a fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall be added to the costs imposed by KRS 23A.205 that the defendant is required to pay. clerk shall pay the funds from fees collected under this section to the Finance and Administration Cabinet pursuant to KRS 23A.215 for distribution as provided in subsection (5) of this section to local governments with police departments or local governments that contract for police services, and to counties with fiscal responsibilities for jails or the transporting of prisoners.
(4) All funds distributed to local governments shall be used for payment of expenses for operation of the local government's police department or contracted police services. All funds distributed to counties with fiscal responsibilities for jails or the transporting of prisoners shall be used for the payment of costs associated with the housing or transporting of prisoners. (5) Payments shall be distributed quarterly by the Finance and Administration Cabinet beginning October 1, 2004, as follows: (a) Thirty percent (30%) of the total shall be distributed equally to all local governments with police departments or that contract for police services; (b) Fifty percent (50%) of the total shall be distributed to local governments with police departments or local governments that contract for police services on a per capita basis according to the number of certified police officers employed by the police department on July 1 each year or providing services to the local government pursuant to a contract on July 1 of each year. For purposes of this subsection, each local government that contracts for police services shall be considered to employ one (1) police officer for each sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) it expends during each fiscal year for police services under a written contract; and (c) Twenty percent (20%) of the total shall be distributed equally to counties with fiscal responsibilities for jails or the transporting of prisoners. |
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23A.2065 | Additional fees for criminal cases; allocation to general fund and telephonic behavioral health jail triage system |
In addition to the twenty dollar ($20) fee created by KRS 23A.206, in criminal cases a ten dollar ($10) fee shall be added to the costs imposed by KRS 23A.205 that the defendant is required to pay. The first five dollars ($5) of each fee collected under this section shall be placed into the general fund, and the remainder of the fee shall be allocated to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the implementation and operation of a telephonic behavioral health jail triage system as provided in KRS 210.365 and 441.048.
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23A.215(1)-(2) | Additional fees for criminal cases; allocation to general fund and telephonic behavioral health jail triage system |
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fees and costs collected pursuant to KRS 23A.200(1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the State Treasury. |
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23A.209 | Additional fee for expenses of Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force |
In addition to the twenty dollar ($20) fee created by KRS 23A.206 and the ten dollar ($10) fee created by KRS 23A.2065, a ten dollar ($10) fee shall be added in criminal cases to the costs imposed by KRS 23A.205. The fee collected under this section shall be allocated to the Department of Kentucky State Police for the training, salaries, and equipment of the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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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. 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. 272, § 107 | Transmission of certain fines to state treasurer for deposit into Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund |
The court shall transmit fines collected pursuant to section 8 and subsection (b) and subsection (c) of section 53A to the state treasurer. The treasurer shall deposit such fines into the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund established pursuant to section 66A of chapter 10.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 6B | Criminal assessments |
The court shall impose an assessment of not less than thirty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars against any person who has attained the age of 18 years and who is convicted of a misdemeanor or against whom a finding of sufficient facts for a conviction is made on a complaint charging a misdemeanor under sections thirty-two C, thirty-two D, and thirty-two G and thirty-five of chapter ninety-four C. The court shall impose an assessment of not less than one hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars against any person who is convicted of a felony or against whom a finding of sufficient facts for a conviction is made on a complaint charging a felony under sections thirty-two, thirty-two A, thirty-two B, thirty-two E, thirty-two F and thirty-four of chapter ninety-four C. When multiple criminal offenses arising from a single incident are charged, the total assessment shall not exceed five hundred dollars. The court or justice may waive all or any part of said assessment upon a finding that such payment would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person’s immediate family or the person’s dependents.
All such assessments made shall be collected by the court and shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 87A | Conditions of probation; probation fees |
Said probation fee shall be collected by the several probation offices of the trial court and transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit into the General Fund. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, § 3 | Desertion, Non-Support and Illegitimacy: Payment of fines |
The court imposing a fine under section fifteen A may at any time order it paid in whole or in part to a probation officer, to be paid by him to the spouse or to the city, town, corporation, society or person actually supporting the spouse, child or children, or to the state treasurer for the use of the department of children and families if the child has been committed to said department.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 93 | Payment to treasurer of unclaimed money collected by probation officer |
Except as provided by section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, money collected by a probation officer under order of the court by which he is appointed, if unclaimed after one year from the time of its collection, shall, upon further order of the court, be paid to the treasurer provided, that any part of the said money may be paid to persons establishing before the comptroller a lawful claim thereto within five years of its payment to said treasurer, unless sooner paid over by order of the said commissioners.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 2 | Payment of certain fines and forfeitures; apportionment among beneficiaries |
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 . . .
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 A ½ 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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