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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Minchew
Deposit of Fines and Fees from Speed Traps (language only)

Item 3-6.05 #2h

Item 3-6.05 #2h

Adjustments and Modifications to Fees
Deposit of Fines and Fees

Language
Page 492, line 16, after, "treasury.", insert:
"The State Comptroller shall promptly and without delay transmit any and all non-withhold local fines and fees to the locality's treasury not later than 60 days after these fines and fees were collected by the District Courts.  This monetary transmittal shall include an accounting of all local fines and fees collected by the District Courts and the dates on which these local fines and fees were collected by the District Courts."


Explanation
(This amendment provides for additional requirements on the Miscellaneous Transfers language requiring that a portion of the fines and fees collected from those localities that collected large fines and fees from citations for speeding along certain interstate highways be deposited to the Literary Fund. The amendment requires the State Comptroller to transmit all non-withheld portions of the fines and fees collected by the Districts Courts to local treasuries within 60 days. The amendment also requires the State Comptroller to account for all fines and fees collected by the District Courts and the dates on which such fines and fees were collected. Currently, only six localities are affected by the fines and fees provision. The total amount collected from these six localities for deposit to the Literary Fund is $261,972.)