Sec. 5. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §2 and c. 698, §2 and affected by §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

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; Title 7, section 3910-A; Title 17, section 1015; 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. 6. Retroactivity. That section of this Act that repeals and replaces the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 163, subsection 1 applies retroactively to August 1, 2002.

Sec. 7. 4 MRSA §1057-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §3 and c. 698, §3 and affected by §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

2.__Surcharge imposed.__In addition to the 12% surcharge collected pursuant to section 1057, the $10 surcharge collected pursuant to Title 7, section 3910-A, the 10% surcharge collected pursuant to Title 17, section 1015 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