SF 749

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to criminal justice; permitting counties to 
  1.3             keep the proceeds from forfeited bail; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 485.018, subdivision 
  1.5             5. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 485.018, 
  1.8   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5.  [COLLECTION OF FEES.] The court administrator of 
  1.10  district court shall charge and collect all fees as prescribed 
  1.11  by law and all such fees collected by the court administrator as 
  1.12  court administrator of district court shall be paid to the 
  1.13  county treasurer.  Except for those portions of forfeited bail 
  1.14  paid to victims pursuant to existing law, Forfeited bail 
  1.15  proceeds may be kept by the county, except when required to be 
  1.16  paid to victims of crimes or as provided in section 488A.03, 
  1.17  subdivision 9.  The county treasurer shall forward all revenue 
  1.18  from fees and, not including forfeited bail, collected under 
  1.19  chapters 357, 487, and 574 to the state treasurer for deposit in 
  1.20  the state treasury and credit to the general fund, unless 
  1.21  otherwise provided in chapter 611A or other law, in the manner 
  1.22  and at the times prescribed by the state treasurer, but not less 
  1.23  often than once each month.  If the defendant or probationer is 
  1.24  located after forfeited bail proceeds have been forwarded to the 
  1.25  state treasurer, the state treasurer shall reimburse the county, 
  2.1   on request, for actual costs expended for extradition, 
  2.2   transportation, or other costs necessary to return the defendant 
  2.3   or probationer to the jurisdiction where the bail was posted, in 
  2.4   an amount not more than the amount of forfeited bail.  The court 
  2.5   administrator of district court shall not retain any additional 
  2.6   compensation, per diem or other emolument for services as court 
  2.7   administrator of district court, but may receive and retain 
  2.8   mileage and expense allowances as prescribed by law.