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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 22.15.250 | Disposition of Fines |
When by law any fees, fines, forfeitures, or penalties are levied and collected by the district judge or magistrate, the proceeds and all other money collected shall be accounted for + See moreand transmitted to the administrative director of the Alaska Court System for transfer to the general fund of the state except as provided in AS 22.15.270.
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.039(d) | Surcharge | Money collected under this section shall be deposited into the general fund and accounted for under AS 37.05.142. | State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.25.195 | Disposition of Scheduled Offenses |
(a) If a person cited for an offense for which a scheduled amount of bail or a fine has been established does not contest the citation, the person may mail or personally deliver to the clerk of the court with appropriate jurisdiction if a bailable offense, or to the clerk of the municipality that issued the citation if a scheduled municipal fine, the amount of the bail or fine indicated on the citation for the offense together with a copy of the citation signed by the person indicating the person's waiver of court appearance, entry of plea of no contest, and forfeiture of bail or fine. The citation with the bail or fine shall be mailed or personally delivered on or before the 30th day after the date the citation was issued.
(b) When bail or a fine is forfeited under this section, a judgment of conviction shall be entered. The bail or fine paid is complete satisfaction for the offense. (c) Disposition of an offense under (a) of this section may not occur unless the person cited for the offense pays the surcharge prescribed in AS 12.55.039 in addition to the scheduled bail or fine amount. The surcharge required to be paid under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund and accounted for under AS 37.05.142. |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 22.15.270 | Retention of Fines, etc., by Political Subdivisions |
All fines, penalties, and forfeitures resulting from violations of ordinances of political subdivisions shall be returned to the political subdivision whose ordinance is involved in the manner provided by rule of the supreme court. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed after appeals accrue to the state, unless the appeal is prosecuted by the political subdivision.
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. § 28.90.030 | Fines for Offenses Committed Within Highway Work Zones and Traffic Safety Corridors Doubled |
(b) Fines imposed and collected under this section for offenses that are committed in a traffic safety corridor shall be separately accounted for under AS 37.05.142; (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of (b) of this section and AS 37.05.142, the Alaska Court System shall deposit fines collected under this section for offenses committed in a traffic safety corridor in the general fund if the fine is collected at a court location where separate accounting for traffic safety corridor fines is not achievable.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | Traffic |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. § 33.30.017 | Fees for Utilities Services for Prisoners |
(a) The commissioner shall establish a reasonable utility fee for electrical utilities that are used by prisoners who are confined in a state correctional facility; (b) The commissioner shall (1) charge each prisoner who possesses at least one major electrical appliance the utility fee established in (a) of this section; the commissioner may deduct the utility fee monthly from the account established for a prisoner into which money due the prisoner for labor is paid; if a prisoner is indigent, the commissioner shall make the deduction from any amount credited to the indigent inmate’s account; (2) if available from legislative appropriation, expend money deducted and collected under (1) of this subsection to offset the cost of the department’s utility expenses; the commissioner shall annually report on the amounts that are collected and expended under this paragraph.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-30 | Automated Traffic System Fund |
In order to accomplish these purposes, there is created the “Automated Traffic System Fund.” The fund shall be a dedicated fund within the General Fund and administered by the Administrative + See moreOffice of the Courts. The fund shall be the depository of moneys realized from the $1.00 surcharge imposed pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1990, c. 95 (C.2A:8-21.1), the $2.00 court cost assessment imposed pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S. 22A:3-4 and any other moneys made available for the purposes of the fund.
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Municipal Courts: The statewide agency uses the funding to "to design, equip, operate and maintain a standardized, Statewide computer system, including integrated traffic ticket control, court financial accounting, case processing, + See morestatistical reporting services and other components necessary to automate municipal court operations."
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 52:4B-43.2 | Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund |
The “Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund” shall be a separate, nonlapsing, revolving fund and shall be administered by the Victims of Crime Compensation Board established pursuant to section 3 of + See moreP. L.1971, c. 317 (C.52:4B-3), and all moneys deposited in that fund pursuant to this act shall be used for the provision of counseling and treatment services to victims of specified sex offenses as set forth in section 1 of P.L.2005, c. 73 (C.2C:14-10) and the families of these victims...The development and provision of counseling and treatment services to victims and their families shall be pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Victims of Crime Compensation Board. The board shall coordinate these counseling and treatment services with other services offered by the State Office of Victim and Witness Advocacy, the 21 county offices of Victim and Witness Advocacy and as otherwise deemed appropriate for the implementation of the Attorney General Standards to Ensure the Rights of Crime Victims.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:4-50 | Driving While Intoxicated Surcharge |
In addition to any other fine, fee, or other charge imposed pursuant to law, the court shall assess a person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section + See morea surcharge of $125, of which amount $50 shall be payable to the municipality in which the conviction was obtained , $50 shall be payable to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey for deposit into the General Fund, and $25 which shall be payable as follows: in a matter where the summons was issued by a municipality's law enforcement agency, to that municipality to be used for the cost of equipping police vehicles with mobile video recording systems pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2014, c. 54 (C.40A:14-118.1); in a matter where the summons was issued by a county's law enforcement agency, to that county; and in a matter where the summons was issued by a State law enforcement agency, to the General Fund.
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Municipality/municipal agency | statewide General Fund, to the municipality/county or state depending on which police force issued the summons | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:43-13 | Fee for supervision |
A person applying for admission to a program of supervisory treatment shall pay to the court a fee of $75 which shall be paid to the Treasurer of the State of + See moreNew Jersey for deposit into the General Fund. A person may apply for a waiver of this fee, by reason of poverty, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, or the court may allow for the payment of the fee and other financial obligations by installment.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:36A-1 | Fee for conditional discharge of first offenses | State/statewide agency | N/A | All | |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:4-97.2 | Additional Fine for Driving or operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner |
In addition to any fine, fee or other charge imposed pursuant to law, the court shall assess a person convicted of an offense under subsection a. of this section a + See moresurcharge of $250 which shall be collected by the court and distributed to the Division of Revenue in the Department of the Treasury as a New Jersey Merit Rating Plan surcharge pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1983, c. 65 (C.17:29A-35).
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:43-3.1 | Victims of Crime Compensation Board |
(4) The Victims of Crime Compensation Board shall forward monthly all moneys received from assessments collected pursuant to this section to the State Treasury for deposit as follows: (a) Of moneys collected + See moreon assessments imposed pursuant to paragraph a.(1): (i) the first $72.00 collected for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account, (ii) the next $3.00 collected for deposit in the Criminal Disposition and Revenue Collection Fund, (iii) the next $25.00 collected for deposit in the Victim Witness Advocacy Fund, and (iv) moneys collected in excess of $100.00 for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account
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State/statewide agency | ALSO COLLECTED BY SUPERVISION AGENCY | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:43-3.1 | Victims of Crime Compensation Board |
(4) The Victims of Crime Compensation Board shall forward monthly all moneys received from assessments collected pursuant to this section to the State Treasury for deposit as follows: ... Of moneys collected + See moreon assessments imposed pursuant to paragraph a.(2)(a), (c) or (d): (i) the first $39.00 collected for deposit in the Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account, (ii) the next $3.00 collected for deposit in the Criminal Disposition and Revenue Collection Fund, and (iii) the next $8.00 collected for deposit in the Victim and Witness Advocacy Fund
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:34-1.2 | Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund |
In addition to any other disposition authorized by law, the court shall order any person convicted of a disorderly persons offense for engaging in prostitution as a patron pursuant to + See moreparagraph (1) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:34-1 to participate in the “Prostitution Offender Program” established pursuant to subsection d. of this section, unless the prosecutor, by motion, requests that the mandatory participation be waived, in which case the court may waive the program participation required by this section. b. In addition to any fine, fee, assessment, or penalty authorized under the provisions of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a person convicted of an offense of engaging in prostitution as a patron pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:34-1 shall be assessed, if ordered to participate in the “Prostitution Offender Program,” a fee of $500. c. Each $500 fee assessed as required by this section shall be collected by the court, and forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in the “Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund” established by section 2 of P.L.2013, c. 51 (C.52:17B-238). From this fee, $200 shall be retained in the fund, and the remaining $300 shall be distributed as follows: $200 to the approved provider of the “Prostitution Offender Program,” as established under subsection d. of this section, attended by the person; and $100 to the law enforcement agency that arrested the person resulting in that person's conviction.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:35-15 | Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund |
All moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury to be deposited in a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the “Drug + See moreEnforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.” Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature on an annual basis for the purposes of funding in the following order of priority: (1) the Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and its administration by the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; (2) the “Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Program for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Disabled” established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c. 318(C.26:2B-37); (3) the “Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey,” the State affiliate of the “Partnership for a Drug Free America”; and (4) other alcohol and drug abuse programs.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:35-20 | Forensic Laboratory Fee |
The analysis fee provided for in subsections a. and b. of this section shall be forwarded to the office of the treasurer of the county or municipality that performed the + See morelaboratory analysis if that county or municipality has established a forensic laboratory fund or, to the State forensic laboratory fund if the analysis was performed by a laboratory operated by the State. If the county or municipality has not established a forensic laboratory fund, then the analysis fee shall be forwarded to the State forensic laboratory fund within the State Treasury. These uses may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) costs incurred in providing analyses for controlled substances in connection with criminal investigations conducted within this State; (2) purchase and maintenance of equipment for use in performing analyses; and (3) continuing education, training and scientific development of forensic scientists regularly employed by these laboratories.
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State/statewide agency | County agency | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:43-13.8 | Conditional dismissal assessment, restitution and other assessments | Municipal court | court run diversion programs | All | |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 17:29A-35 | Motor vehicle violations surcharges for private passenger automobiles | State/statewide agency | N/A | All | |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:45-1 | Conditions of suspension or probation | County | N/A | All |
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