| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §116, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 357, §1, 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 | sections 1057 and, 1057-A, and 1057-B; Title 12, sections 3055 | and 4508,; Title 23, section 1653; and Title 29-A, section 2602. |
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| | Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 357, §2, 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 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. |
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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-B is enacted to read: |
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| §1057-B.__Maine Computer Crimes Task Force Surcharge Fund |
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| | 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. |
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| | 2.__Fund established.__A nonlapsing fund known as the Maine | Computer Crimes Task Force Surcharge Fund is established.__The |
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