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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 13A-8-73 | Theft traffic signs: Deposit of funds collected |
Any fines collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the general fund of the county and distributed as follows: one-half shall be designated for law enforcement purposes and one-half shall be designated to the county road and bridge fund.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-311(f) | Additional fees on bail bond |
The court clerks shall distribute on a monthly basis as other fees are distributed, the fees collected pursuant to paragraph a. of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) as follows: Ten percent from each fee shall be distributed either to the county general fund to be earmarked and distributed to the Sheriff's Fund, administered by the sheriff, in the county where the bond was executed or, where the bond is executed by the municipality, to the municipality; 45 percent of the fee to the court clerk's fund where the bond was executed or where the bond is executed by the municipal court, to the municipality; 45 percent of the fee to the Solicitor's Fund in the county where the bond was executed. The bail bond fee records shall be audited by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-251.1 | Payment into municipality general fund |
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, when the “fair trial tax” levied and provided for in this article is collected, the clerk of the municipal court of each municipality which has retained its municipal court, instead of remitting the receipts from said tax into the State Treasury, shall pay such receipts into the general fund of the municipality. The governing body of such municipality shall use and expend so much of said funds as is necessary to defray the costs of providing representation of indigent defendants in their municipal court and after payment of such costs shall pay into the State Treasury any funds not used for such purpose. The governing body shall render an accounting of such funds to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis and the monthly report of such funds shall be filed with the State Treasurer on or before the twentieth day of the month following collection.
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Alabama | Ala. Code 1975 § 12-19-182(c) | Solicitor's Fee |
The solicitor's fee may be expended by the district attorney in the county where it is collected for the payment of any and all expenses incurred and for any legitimate law enforcement purpose.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-18 | Payment of fine liquidated by labor |
Whenever a fine payable in whole or in part, to any city, town, or society, or to any person as complainant, shall have been liquidated by the labor of the person fined, or paid by him or her at any jail in the state, the general treasurer shall, upon the proper order of the state controller, pay to the city, town, society or person so much of the amount of the fine so liquidated or paid, as the city, town, society, or person may be entitled to, which order of the state controller shall be by him or her drawn on his or her receiving a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed, together with a proper return or certificate from the jailer.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-9-13.1(f) | Cigarette and tobacco vending machines |
One-half ( ½ ) of all the fines collected pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the municipalities in which the citations originated. One-half ( ½ ) of all the fines collected pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the general fund.
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 814.65(4m)(c) | Blood test fee | The court shall disburse the amounts it collects under thissubsection to the law enforcement agency that requested the blood withdrawal. | Law enforcement | N/A | All |
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 29.987(1)(d); Wis. Stat. § 29.987(2) | Natural resources surcharge |
(1)(d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the natural resources surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer + See moreshall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the natural resources surcharge in the conservation fund.
(2) All moneys collected from natural resources surcharges shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (3) (mu).
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 29.989(1)(d); Wis. Stat. § 29.989(2) | Natural resources restitution surcharge |
(d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the natural resources restitution surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county + See moretreasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the natural resources restitution surcharge in the conservation fund.
(2) All moneys collected from natural resources restitution
surcharges shall be appropriated for use under s. 20.370 (3) (mu).
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 165.755(7) | Crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge |
All moneys collected from crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharges under this section shall be deposited by the secretary of administration and used as specified in ss.20.455 (2) (jb), + See more(kd), and (Lm) and 20.475 (1) (km).
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 757.05(2) | Penalty surcharge |
All moneys collected from penalty surcharges under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (i). The moneys credited to the appropriation account under s. + See more20.455 (2) (j) and (ja) constitute the law enforcement training fund.
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 938.34(8d)(c) | Juvenile Residential Care surcharge |
(c) If a juvenile placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth fails to pay the surcharge under par. (a), the department + See moreof corrections shall assess and collect the amount owed from the juvenile's wages or other moneys. Any amount collected shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration.
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 973.042(5); Wis. Stat. § 973.042(6) | Child pornography surcharge |
(5) The secretary of administration shall credit the surcharge to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (5) (gj).
(6) If an inmate in a state prison or a person sentenced to + See morea state prison has not paid the child pornography surcharge under this section, the department shall assess and collect the amount owed from the inmateâs wages or other moneys. Any amount collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration.
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Law enforcement | Investigations involving children sex crimes, grants for programs providing services to sexual assault victims | All |
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 973.046(3); Wis. Stat. § 973.046(4) | DNA analysis surcharge |
(3) All moneys collected from deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharges shall be deposited by the secretary of administration as specified in s. 20.455 (2) (Lm) and utilized under s. 165.77.
(4) If + See morean inmate in a state prison or a person sentenced to a state prison has not paid the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under this section, the department shall assess and collect the amount owed from the inmateâs wages or other moneys. Any amount collected shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration.
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Law enforcement | DNA analysis and data banks | All |
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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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