| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §116, as amended by PL 1997, c. 24, §115, is further | | amended to read: |
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| | | 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 | section | | 4508, Title 23, section 1653 and Title 29-A, section 2602. |
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| | | 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 to do so. Interest | | accrued in such an account is the property of and accrues to the | | State. The forfeiture and setoff of bail is as otherwise | | provided by law. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §3 | | and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 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 section | | 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 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 4 MRSA §1057-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1057-A.__Maine Community Policing Institute Surcharge Fund |
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