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 Revenue Services, from fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees and costs accrues to the State, except as otherwise provided under sections 1057 and 1057-A,; Title 12, sections 3055 and 4508,; Title 23, section 1653 and; Title 29-A, section 2602; and Title 34-A, section 1210-A, subsection 9.

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; Title 5, chapter 316-A; and Title 29-A, section 2411, subsection 7; and Title 34-A, section 1210-A, subsection 9. 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.

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-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 357, §3, is amended to read:

2. Surcharge imposed. In addition to the 12% surcharge collected pursuant to section 1057 and the 1% surcharge collected pursuant to Title 34-A, section 1210-A, subsection 9, a 2% surcharge must be added to every fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed by any court in this State, which for the purposes of collection and collection procedures is considered a part of the fine, forfeiture or penalty. All funds collected pursuant to this section must be deposited monthly in the Maine Community