HF 2848

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/10/2010 03:14pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; modifying allocation of certain state fines and
forfeitures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 299D.03,
subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 299D.03, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Traffic fines and forfeited bail money.

(a) All fines and forfeited bail
money collected from persons apprehended or arrested by officers of the State Patrol
shall be transmitted by the person or officer collecting the fines, forfeited bail money,
or installments thereof, on or before the tenth day after the last day of the month in
which these moneys were collected, to the commissioner of management and budget.
Except where a different disposition is required in this subdivision or section 387.213, or
otherwise provided by law, three-eighths of these receipts must be deposited in the state
treasury and credited to the state general fund. The other five-eighths of these receipts
must be deposited in the state treasury and credited as follows: (1) the first deleted text begin $600,000 deleted text end new text begin
$1,000,000 new text end in each fiscal year must be credited to the Minnesota grade crossing safety
account in the special revenue fund, and (2) remaining receipts must be credited to the state
trunk highway fund. If, however, the violation occurs within a municipality and the city
attorney prosecutes the offense, and a plea of not guilty is entered, one-third of the receipts
shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state general fund, one-third of
the receipts shall be paid to the municipality prosecuting the offense, and one-third shall be
deposited in the state treasury and credited to the Minnesota grade crossing safety account
or the state trunk highway fund as provided in this paragraph. When section 387.213 also
is applicable to the fine, section 387.213 shall be applied before this paragraph is applied.
All costs of participation in a nationwide police communication system chargeable to the
state of Minnesota shall be paid from appropriations for that purpose.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines and forfeited bail money
from violations of statutes governing the maximum weight of motor vehicles, collected
from persons apprehended or arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota, by means
of stationary or portable scales operated by these employees, shall be transmitted by the
person or officer collecting the fines or forfeited bail money, on or before the tenth day
after the last day of the month in which the collections were made, to the commissioner
of management and budget. Five-eighths of these receipts shall be deposited in the state
treasury and credited to the state highway user tax distribution fund. Three-eighths of
these receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state general fund.