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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen Laws. Ann. § 12-21-12 | Payment of costs taxable to cities or towns out of fines due |
All costs taxed by courts in criminal prosecutions, which by law any city or town is or may be required to pay, may be paid by the clerk to the several persons entitled to them, out of fines in his or her hands belonging to the city or town; provided, that fines received by the clerk which are by law to be applied to the support of the public schools shall not be used in the payment of these costs.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11(b) | Electronic filing and online payments |
The collection of technology surcharges shall be monitored and supervised by the judiciary's director of finance and shall be deposited into a restricted receipt account designated as “Rhode Island judiciary technology surcharge account,” the proceeds of which shall be solely for use by the judiciary in support of its technology infrastructure and case management system. On or before January 15, 2015, and annually thereafter on or before January 15, the judiciary's director of finance shall file a report with the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate detailing: (1) The total amount of funds collected and deposited into the judiciary technology surcharge account for the most recently completed fiscal year; (2) The fund balance as of the date of the report; (3) An itemization of all expenditures and other uses of said funds from said account for the most recently completed fiscal year; and (4) An annual evaluation as to the appropriateness of the amount of the technology surcharge or fee.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-25-29 | Use of funds to inform victims of their rights |
There is appropriated to the annual budget of the administrative office of the state courts fifteen percent (15%) of the fund collected annually under § 12-25-28, not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), to be used at the direction of the chief justice of the supreme court for the purpose of informing the victims of crime of their rights established by chapter 28 of this title and assisting victims in the exercise of these rights. In addition, the treasurer and administrator shall seek to inform victims of violent crime of this chapter using every available means at their disposal.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-22-5 | Penalty for unlawful windmill |
Every person who shall erect, locate, or run any windmill within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled street or road shall be fined for every offense not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than one hundred dollars ($100), one-half (1/2) inuring to the use of the city or town where the offense shall have been committed and one-half (1/2) to the use of the state.
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-52 | Court appointed special advocates fund — Establishment — Use of fund |
There is established within the state treasury the court appointed special advocates fund to be administered by the Unified Judicial System. Money shall enter the fund as provided in § 23-3-53 and through contributions, grants, settlement funds, payments ordered by the court, interest received on moneys in the fund, and any other fees and moneys collected for the purposes of §§ 23-3-52, 23-3-53, and 16-2-50 to 16-2-54, inclusive. Money in the fund shall be used for the purpose of funding and administering the grant program. Any expenditure from the fund shall be paid on warrants drawn by the state auditor on vouchers approved by the state court administrator of the Unified Judicial System.
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 223A-28B-40 | Crime victims' compensation fund created |
There is established within the state treasury the crime victims' compensation fund, into which shall be deposited surcharges collected pursuant to § 23A-28B-42, deductions from prison industries revenues or inmate wages pursuant to subdivision 24-7-3(1), contributions, grants, payments ordered by the court, interest received on moneys in the fund, and all other fees and moneys collected for the purposes of this chapter. This fund shall be used for the purposes of paying compensation awards and administering the crime victims' compensation program as provided for in this chapter.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-6-204 | Fines and penalties to be paid to city treasurer; report of cases; failure to comply with section |
All fines and penalties collected and arising from a breach of a city ordinance shall be deposited with the city treasurer, and the municipal judge shall report at the end of each calendar month a list of all cases for violations of city ordinances instituted in his court, and the disposition thereof, with a statement of the fines, penalties and costs received. At the end of each month the judge shall deposit with the city treasurer all fines, penalties and costs received. If the municipal judge fails to report and deposit all fines, penalties and costs for a period of twenty-five (25) days, his office shall be declared vacant. If a city enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(i), up to ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee may be retained by the city solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5-2-120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. If a city enacts an ordinance prescribing the indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-6-303 | Disposition of fines and penalties |
All fines and penalties collected, arising from a breach of the ordinances of the town, shall be paid into the town treasury. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5 6 108(a)(i), up to one half (1/2) of the fee may be retained by the town solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5 2 120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5 2 120. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing an indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5 6 108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5 2 121.
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judicial systems automation account; indigent civil legal services account |
Misdemeanor |
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