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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. |
Municipality/municipal agency |
Law enforcement; private actors. |
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Texas | Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 542.403(a)-(b) | Fines |
(a) In addition to other costs, the court shall order a person convicted of a misdemeanor under this subtitle to pay a fine of $3. (b) The officer who collects a fine under this section shall:
(1) deposit in the municipal treasury a fine collected in a municipal court case; and (2) deposit in the county treasury a fine collected in a justice court case or in a county court case, including a case appealed from a justice or municipal court. |
Municipality/municipal agency |
County |
Misdemeanor |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.014(f)-(h) | Fines for Child Safety Fund in Municipalities |
(f) In a municipality with a population greater than 850,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, the officer collecting a fine in a municipal court case shall deposit money collected under this article in the municipal child safety trust fund established as required by Chapter 106, Local Government Code.
(g) In a municipality with a population less than 850,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, the money collected under this article in a municipal court case must be used for a school crossing guard program if the municipality operates one. If the municipality does not operate a school crossing guard program or if the money received from fines from municipal court cases exceeds the amount necessary to fund the school crossing guard program, the municipality may: (1) deposit the additional money in an interest-bearing account; (2) expend the additional money for programs designed to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child abuse prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse prevention; or (3) expend the additional money for programs designed to enhance public safety and security. (h) Money collected under this article in a justice, county, or district court shall be used to fund school crossing guard programs in the county where they are collected. If the county does not operate a school crossing guard program, the county may: (1) remit fine revenues to school districts in its jurisdiction for the purpose of providing school crossing guard services; (2) fund programs the county is authorized by law to provide which are designed to enhance child safety, health, or nutrition, including child abuse prevention and intervention and drug and alcohol abuse prevention; (3) provide funding to the sheriff’s department for school-related activities; (4) provide funding to the county juvenile probation department; or (5) deposit the money in the general fund of the county. |
Municipality/municipal agency |
Local law enforcement; school districts; children; county programs; county general fund. |
Misdemeanor |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0172(c) | Court Costs; Municipal Court Technology Fund |
(c) The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the municipal treasurer, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the municipal treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court technology fund.
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0173(c) | Court costs; justice court assistance and technology fund |
(c) The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the municipal treasurer, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the municipal treasurer, for deposit in a fund to be known as the municipal court technology fund.
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municipal court technology fund |
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Texas | Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 102.0174(d) | Court Costs; Juvenile Case Manager Fund |
(f) The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the costs and pay them to the county or municipal treasurer, as applicable, or to any other official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county or municipal treasurer for deposit in the fund.
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Juvenile Case Manager Fund |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-1204(a)(iv) | Program criteria |
(a) A teen court program may be established under this act in accordance with the following criteria: (iv) The teen defendant, as a condition of participation in the teen court program, may be required to pay a nonrefundable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00). Fees collected under this paragraph by a municipal court shall be credited to the treasury of the municipality. Fees collected under this paragraph by a circuit court shall be credited to the treasury of the county;
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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. |
Municipality/municipal agency | N/A | All |
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