LD 1508
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §116, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 357, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
All revenue received by the Supreme Judicial or Superior
Court, whether directly or pursuant to an agreement entered into
with the Department of Administrative and Financial Services,
Bureau of Taxation, from fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees and
costs accrues to the State, except as otherwise provided under
sections 1057 and, 1057-A, and 1057-B; Title 12, sections 3055
and 4508,; Title 23, section 1653; and Title 29-A, section 2602.

 
Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 357, §2, is
further amended to read:

 
1. District Court funds. Except as otherwise provided by
law, all fines, forfeitures, surcharges, assessments and fees
collected in any division of the District Court or by the
violations bureau must be paid to the clerk of that District
Court, who shall deposit them in a special account in a timely
manner. Once each month, the clerk shall remit the sums to the
Treasurer of State, who shall credit them to the General Fund.
At the same time, the clerk shall remit the sums that have been
collected in accordance with sections 1057 and, 1057-A and 1057-
B; Title 5, chapter 316-A; and Title 29-A, section 2411,
subsection 7. Funds received by the clerk as bail in criminal
cases must be deposited daily in a special account. The clerk
shall deposit the funds in an interest-bearing account unless the
clerk determines that it is not cost effective cost-effective to
do so. Interest accrued in the account is the property of and
accrues to the State. The forfeiture and setoff of bail is
governed as otherwise provided by law.

 
The court shall file a monthly report with the State Auditor
itemizing the amount of fines, surcharges and assessments imposed
and to whom each is payable.

 
Sec. 3. 4 MRSA §1057-B is enacted to read:

 
§1057-B.__Maine Computer Crimes Task Force Surcharge Fund

 
1.__Maine Computer Crimes Task Force.__The Maine Computer
Crimes Task Force is a collaborative partnership under the
auspices of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State
Police and includes the United States Attorney and local law
enforcement agencies.__The purpose of the task force is to
investigate and assist those law enforcement agencies in the
State that investigate crimes involving computers.

 
2.__Fund established.__A nonlapsing fund known as the Maine
Computer Crimes Task Force Surcharge Fund is established.__The


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