Bill Text - SB87 (2009)

Changing the timing of payment of fine revenue from district court clerks to municipalities.


Revision: June 30, 2009, midnight

CHAPTER 137

SB 87-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION

2009 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 87-LOCAL

AN ACT changing the timing of payment of fine revenue from district court clerks to municipalities.

SPONSORS: Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Cote, Hills 23

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill changes the timing of payment of fine revenue from district court clerks to municipalities.

This bill was requested by the supreme court.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT changing the timing of payment of fine revenue from district court clerks to municipalities.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

137:1 District Courts; Duties of Clerks; Disposition of Fines. Amend RSA 502-A:8 to read as follows:

502-A:8 Duties of Clerks; Disposition of Fines. The clerk shall receive all fines and forfeitures paid into the district court from any source. The clerk of any district [or municipal] court may accept payment of the fine by credit card in lieu of cash payment. Any transaction costs assessed by the issuer of the credit card shall be paid out of the portion of the fine amount which is deposited in the general fund and not out of the penalty assessment charged by a district [or municipal] court. [After deducting court seal, record books, printing blanks, and such other expenses as may be legally incurred in the maintenance and conduct of said court,] The clerk shall, except in cases otherwise provided, pay the same over to the commissioner of administrative services, or to such department or agency of the state as the law provides, within 14 days. [After deduction of expenses enumerated above,] Fines and forfeitures collected by the clerk for violations of municipal ordinances, codes, or regulations, except those adopted pursuant to RSA 31:39, I(g); RSA 41:11; RSA 47:17, IV, VI, VII, or VIII; and RSA 105:6-7, shall be remitted [within 14 days] monthly to the treasurer of the municipality prosecuting said violations, for the use of the municipality. All expenses related to the processing of parking violations and the administrative collection of parking fines shall be the responsibility of the local unit of government, and all fines collected shall be retained in their entirety by the local unit of government.

137:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 29, 2009

Effective Date: June 29, 2009