Sec. R-2. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §2 and c. 698, §2 and affected by §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: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 section 1057; 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. R-3. 4 MRSA §1057, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 395, Pt. O, 1, is further amended to read:

2-A. Surcharge imposed. A surcharge of 12% 14% 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 as a result of this surcharge must be deposited monthly in the Government Operations Surcharge Fund. One-sixth Two-sevenths of the surcharge collected must be paid to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to supplement current funds for training and recertification of part-time and full-time law enforcement officers. This subsection takes effect January 1, 2001 or when the funding for the operation of the Judicial Department's computer system lapses, whichever occurs first.

Sec. R-4. 4 MRSA §1057-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 698, §3 and affected by §7, is repealed.