| | | Tourism, Economic and Community Development" or "department," as | | appropriate, and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this | | revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes. |
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| | | Sec. R-1. 4 MRSA §116, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §1 and | | c. 698, §1 and affected by §7, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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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 Revenue Services, from fines, forfeitures, penalties, | | fees and costs accrues to the State, except as otherwise provided | | under section 1057; Title 7, section 3910-A; Title 12, sections | | 3055 and 4508; Title 17, section 1015; Title 23, section 1653; | | Title 29-A, section 2602; and Title 34-A, section 1210-A, | | subsection 9. |
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| | | 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 R-2. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §2 and | | c. 698, §2 and affected by §7, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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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 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. |
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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. R-3. 4 MRSA §1057, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 395, Pt. | | O, §1, is further amended to read: |
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