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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-507(b) | Disposition of Fines |
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the fines imposed by and recognizances forfeited to each circuit court shall be distributed as follows: (1) 50% to the clerk + See moreof the circuit court, to be used under the direction of the judges of the circuit court to augment the court library; and (2) 5% to the clerk of the circuit court as a commission.
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-102(b)(2) | Surcharge |
The State Court Administrator, as part of the Administrator's determination of the amount of fees to be charged by the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and the Clerk of + See morethe Court of Special Appeals, shall assess a surcharge that shall be: (1) $11 per case; and (2) Deposited into the Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund established under § 13-602 of this article.
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-402(f)(2) | Surcharge - Baltimore Sheriffs |
The revenue generated from the surcharge on filing fees for the sheriff services under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall fund the enhancement of sheriff benefits and the increase in + See moresheriff personnel to enhance the service of domestic violence orders.
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-409(e) | Circuit Court - Additional Cost |
(1) All money collected under this section shall be paid to the Comptroller of the State. (2) The Comptroller shall deposit $22.50 from each fee collected under subsection (b) of + See morethis section from a circuit court and $12.50 from each fee collected under subsection (c) of this section from the District Court into the State Victims of Crime Fund established under § 11-916 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (3) The Comptroller shall deposit $2.50 from each fee collected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund established under § 11-905 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (4) The Comptroller shall deposit all other moneys collected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established under § 11-819 of the Criminal Procedure Article.
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-409(e) | District Court - Additional Cost |
(1) All money collected under this section shall be paid to the Comptroller of the State. (2) The Comptroller shall deposit $22.50 from each fee collected under subsection (b) of + See morethis section from a circuit court and $12.50 from each fee collected under subsection (c) of this section from the District Court into the State Victims of Crime Fund established under § 11-916 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (3) The Comptroller shall deposit $2.50 from each fee collected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund established under § 11-905 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (4) The Comptroller shall deposit all other moneys collected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established under § 11-819 of the Criminal Procedure Article.
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-409(e) | Additional Cost - Conviction |
(1) All money collected under this section shall be paid to the Comptroller of the State. (2) The Comptroller shall deposit $22.50 from each fee collected under subsection (b) of + See morethis section from a circuit court and $12.50 from each fee collected under subsection (c) of this section from the District Court into the State Victims of Crime Fund established under § 11-916 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (3) The Comptroller shall deposit $2.50 from each fee collected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund established under § 11-905 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (4) The Comptroller shall deposit all other moneys collected under subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established under § 11-819 of the Criminal Procedure Article.
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-301(e); Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-301(f) | Disposition of Court Costs |
The Comptroller shall annually pay from the court costs collected by the District Court under subsections (a) and (b)(1) of this section: (1) $500,000 into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund + See moreestablished under § 11-819 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and (2) $125,000 into the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund established under § 11-905 of the Criminal Procedure Article. The Comptroller annually shall credit the surcharges collected under this subsection as provided in this paragraph. (ii) An amount annually as set forth in the State budget shall be distributed for the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship as established in § 18-603.1 of the Education Article. (iii) An amount annually as set forth in the State budget shall be distributed to the Maryland State Firemen's Association for the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. (iv) After the distribution under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, $200,000 shall be distributed to the Maryland State Firemen's Association. (v) After the distribution under subparagraphs (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this paragraph and until a total of $20,000,000 has been distributed to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund since the establishment of the surcharge under this subsection, the remainder shall be credited to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund to be used in accordance with the provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 2 of the Public Safety Article. (vi) After a total of $20,000,000 has been distributed to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund, 100% of the remainder shall be credited to the Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund established under § 13-955 of the Transportation Article. (vii) On or before September 1 of each year until $20,000,000 has been distributed to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund, the State Court Administrator shall submit a report to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, on the amount of revenue distributed to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund under this paragraph.
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Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund; Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship; Maryland State Firemen's Association for the Widows' and Orphans' Fund; Maryland + See moreState Firemen's Association; Volunteer Company Assistance Fund; Maryland Emergency Medical System Operations Fund
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 241.272(6) | Fee collection |
Use of fees. Excluding correctional fees collected from offenders supervised by department agents under the authority of section 244.19, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (3), all correctional fees collected under this section go to the general fund. Fees collected by agents under the authority of section 244.19, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (3), shall go to the county treasurer in the county where supervision is provided.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.08 | Paid by appellant in appeal |
There shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts by the appellant, or moving party or person requiring the service, in all cases of appeal, certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, prohibition, or other original proceeding, when initially filed with the clerk of the appellate courts, the sum of $550 to the clerk of the appellate courts. An additional filing fee of $100 shall be required for a petition for accelerated review by the Supreme Court. A filing fee of $550 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for review from a decision of the Court of Appeals. A filing fee of $550 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for permission to appeal. A filing fee of $100 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing by a respondent of a notice of review. The clerk shall transmit the fees 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. § 609.101(3)(c)-(d) | Surcharge on fines, assessments; minimum Fines |
(c) The court shall collect the fine mandated by this subdivision and forward 70 percent of it to a local drug abuse prevention or intervention program existing or being implemented in the county in which the crime was committed. The court shall forward the remaining 30 percent to the commissioner of management and budget to be credited to the general fund. If more than one drug abuse prevention or intervention program serves the county in which the crime was committed, the court may designate on a case-by-case basis which program will receive the fine proceeds, giving consideration to the community in which the crime was committed, the funding needs of the program, the number of peace officers in each community certified to teach the program, and the number of children served by the program in each community. If no drug abuse prevention or intervention program serves communities in that county, the court shall forward 100 percent of the fine proceeds to the commissioner of management and budget to be credited to the general fund.
(d) The minimum fines required by this subdivision shall be collected as are other fines. Fine proceeds received by a local drug abuse prevention or intervention program must be used to support that program, and may be used for salaries of program staff or peace officers certified to teach the program. The program must report receipt and use of money generated under this subdivision to the state court administrator by January 15 of each year. The state court administrator must make this information available upon request. |
Local jurisdiction |
General fund; local drug abuse prevention or intervention program. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.021(7) | Court administrator of district court; fees |
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner of management and budget shall disburse surcharges received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, as follows: (1) one percent shall be credited to the peace officer training account in the game and fish fund to provide peace officer training for employees of the Department of Natural Resources who are licensed under sections 626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace officer authority for the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws; (2) 39 percent shall be credited to the peace officers training account in the special revenue fund; and (3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund.
(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit $3 of each surcharge received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, to the general fund. (c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph (a), the commissioner of management and budget shall credit $47 of each surcharge received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, and the $12 parking surcharge, to the general fund. (d) If the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes imposition of the additional $1 surcharge provided for in subdivision 6, paragraph (a), the court administrator in the Second Judicial District shall transmit the surcharge to the commissioner of management and budget. The $1 special surcharge is deposited in a Ramsey County surcharge account in the special revenue fund and amounts in the account are appropriated to the trial courts for the administration of the petty misdemeanor diversion program operated by the Second Judicial District Ramsey County Violations Bureau. |
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General Fund; Ramsey County surcharge account. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 16D.12 | Payment of collection agency fees |
Unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a state agency may pay for the services of the commissioner or a private collection agency from the money collected. The portion of the money collected which must be paid to the commissioner or the collection agency as its collection fee is appropriated from the fund to which the collected money is due.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 387.213 | Contingent fund for drug, alcohol, DWI investigations |
A sheriff's contingent fund is created in each county to be kept by the county treasurer as all other county funds. One-fourth of all money paid into the county treasury on account of fines imposed for violation of the provisions of chapter 152 or 340A shall be credited to this contingent fund. The sheriff may expend money from this fund for the purpose of investigating and securing evidence of violations of chapters 152, 340A, and the DWI-related provisions of chapter 169A. Money may be withdrawn from the fund by the sheriff upon the order of the district court after application. At the close of the fiscal year any money in the fund in excess of $5,000 shall be transferred into the general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.42(b) | Treatment court fees |
In each fiscal year, the court shall deposit the treatment court participation fees in the special revenue fund and credit the fees to a separate account for the trial courts. The balance in this account is appropriated to the trial courts and does not cancel but is available until expended. Expenditures from this account must be made for treatment court purposes.
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Special revenue fund for drug court purposes. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.40 | Collections credited to general fund |
All fees received by any clerk of any such city under the provisions of section 357.39 shall be credited to the general fund of such city, and the amount of such fees shall not be considered within the cost of government as determined under the provisions of any charter of any such city of the first class.
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Applicable city general fund. |
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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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Prosecution; state.stage agency; victims. |
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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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