Senate Bill No. 522
(By Senators Jenkins and Plymale)
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[Introduced February 9, 2007; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §30-29-4 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to increasing certain court costs
in criminal proceedings from two dollars to eight dollars.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §30-29-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 29. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.
§30-29-4. Special revenue account -- Collections; disbursements;
administrative expenses.
(a)
Beginning on the effective date of this article, a two
Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven, an eight dollar
fee shall be added to the usual court costs of all criminal court
proceedings involving violation of any criminal law of the state or
any county or municipality thereof, excluding violations of
municipal parking ordinances.
(b)
Beginning on the effective date of this article, a two
Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven, an eight dollar
fee shall be added to the amount of any cash or property bond posted
for violation of any criminal law of the state or any county or
municipality thereof, excluding bonds posted solely for violation
of municipal parking ordinances. Upon forfeiture of such bond, the
two dollar fee shall be deposited as provided in subsection (c) of
this section.
(c) All fees collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of
this section shall be deposited in a separate account by the
collecting agency. Within ten calendar days following the beginning
of each calendar month, the collecting agency shall forward the
amount deposited to the State Treasurer. The treasurer shall
deposit all fees so received to a special revenue account. Funds
in the account shall be disbursed by the Governor's committee, upon
recommendation by the subcommittee, for the funding of law-
enforcement training academies and programs and to pay expenses of
the Governor's committee in administering the provisions of this
article, which expenses may not in any fiscal year exceed ten
percent of the funds deposited to said special revenue account
during that fiscal year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase certain court
costs in criminal proceedings from two dollars to eight dollars.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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