§ 3-6.05 DEPOSIT OF FINES AND FEES

A.1. Beginning May 1, 2015, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall annually calculate the fines reversion amount defined as equal to one-quarter of (i) the total of the local fines and forfeitures collected by the District Courts in the immediately preceding fiscal year less (ii) 65 percent of the total fines and forfeitures collected by the District Courts for such prior fiscal year for each locality.

2. It is the intent of the General Assembly to increase the reversion amount from one-quarter of the excess fees calculation in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, to one-third of the excess for the calculation in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and to one-half of the excess for the calculation in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

B. Effective July 1, 2015, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall provide written notice to each locality the amount of its fines reversion as defined in A. above and shall provide a copy of the notice to the State Comptroller.

C. Effective July 1, 2015, each locality receiving notice that it has a fines reversion as defined in A. above shall submit a payment to the State Comptroller for the entire amount of the reversion by August 1 for deposit into the Literary Fund.

D. In making the calculation required in subsection A.1. above the Auditor of Public Accounts shall exclude courts located in the localities of Falls Church and Fairfax City.