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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-25-28(a) | Special indemnity account for criminal injuries compensation |
It is provided that the general treasurer establish a violent crimes indemnity account within the general fund for the purpose of paying awards granted pursuant to this chapter. The court + See moreshall assess as court costs in addition to those provided by law, against all defendants charged with a felony, misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor, whether or not the crime was a crime of violence, and who plead nolo contendere, guilty or who are found guilty of the commission of those crimes as follows:(1) Where the offense charged is a felony and carries a maximum penalty of five (5) or more years imprisonment, one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) or fifteen percent (15%) of any fine imposed on the defendant by the court, whichever is greater.
(2) Where the offense charged is a felony and carries a maximum penalty of less than five (5) years imprisonment, ninety dollars ($90.00) or fifteen percent (15%) of any fine imposed on the defendant by the court, whichever is greater.
(3) Where the offense charged is a misdemeanor, thirty dollars ($30.00) or fifteen percent (15%) of any fine imposed on the defendant by the court, whichever is greater.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-10 | Disposition of recoveries |
Unless otherwise specially provided: (1) All fines recovered shall be to the use of the state; (2) All penalties and pecuniary forfeitures, one-half (1/2) to the use of the state and one-half (1/2) to the use of the person who shall sue for it; and (3) All forfeitures of personal property shall be disposed of as provided by law.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-16 | Payments of amounts due to the state |
All fines and all penalties and forfeitures to the use of the state shall be paid over to the general treasurer, unless otherwise specially provided. |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-17 | Payment and accounting for fines due other than to state |
All fines recovered under any statute of this state, the whole or any part of which may be due or payable to any city, town, or society, or to any person as complainant, shall be accounted for with the state controller, and be paid to the general treasurer. The general treasurer shall, upon the order of the state controller, pay to the city, town, society, or person so much of the amount of the fine so recovered as the city, town, society, or person may be entitled to, which order shall be drawn by the state controller whenever he or she shall receive a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed.
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Local jurisdiction; complainant; municipality/municipal agency. |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-19 | Payment of fines to general treasurer - accounting |
Whenever a fine is recovered under any statute of this state, the whole of which may be due the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Children's Friend and Service, or to any other society, or the one-half ( ½ ) of which may be due the state or any society, or to any person, as complainant, the whole of the fine shall be accounted for with the state controller and paid to the general treasurer. The fine due any society, or the one-half ( ½ ) fine due any society, or to any person, as complainant, shall be paid by the general treasurer upon order of the state controller and the state controller shall draw his or her order whenever he or she shall receive a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed.
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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. § 12-25-30 | Deposit of funds |
All moneys assessed pursuant to § 12-25-28 as costs against defendants as provided in this chapter shall be paid by the clerks of the family, district and superior courts to the treasurer, who shall keep the funds in the violent crimes indemnity account. Funds received by the treasurer in excess of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) shall be made available and distributed within thirty (30) days of receipt in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
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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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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-30-4 | Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors |
Money arising from fines imposed under this section shall be paid one-half ( ½ ) to the general treasurer of the state and one-half ( ½ ) to the treasurer of the town or city where the offense occurred.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-144 | Receipts for money paid into court |
When any money is paid into a circuit court, a receipt for said amount shall be issued promptly upon a form prescribed by the Wyoming supreme court. The receipts shall be prenumbered in numerical sequence. The original copy shall be delivered to a payor making payment by cash or in person, otherwise the original shall be attached to the court file. A copy shall be filed in the office of the issuing judge. The receipts shall be prenumbered by the printer, and the printer shall give to the supreme court a receipt showing the numbers so printed. Except as provided in W.S. 5-9-106, the circuit court shall pay all fines, forfeitures and other penalties to the county treasurer and all fees, costs and other receipts to the state treasurer. The court automation fee prescribed by W.S. 5-9-135 or established by court rule shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. The indigent civil legal services fee prescribed by W.S. 5-9-135 shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121. The police officer continuing education and training fee prescribed by W.S. 31-5-1201(h) shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the account in the enterprise fund under W.S. 9-1-633(n).
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judicial systems automation account; indigent civil legal services account; enterprise fund |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-19-108(b) | State General Fund |
Criminal justice agencies which fingerprint applicants at the request of noncriminal justice agencies for criminal history record information may charge a reasonable fee of not more than five dollars ($5.00) for fingerprinting. Fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the state general fund or to the general fund of the appropriate county or municipality.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-1706 | Distribution of testing fees |
The sheriff shall collect and transmit testing fees to the state treasurer to be credited to the 24/7 sobriety program account created by W.S. 7-13-1707. The fees shall be distributed as provided by this article and the rules.
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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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