as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/18/2014 09:11am
A bill for an act
relating to court surcharges; removing surcharge on vehicle parking violations;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.021, subdivisions 6, 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.021, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
(a) Except as provided
in this paragraph, the court shall impose and the court administrator shall collect a $75
surcharge on every person convicted of any felony, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or
petty misdemeanor offensedeleted text begin , other than a violation of a law or ordinance relating to vehicle
parking, for which there shall be a $12 surchargedeleted text end . When a defendant is convicted of more
than one offense in a case, the surcharge shall be imposed only once in that case. In the
Second Judicial District, the court shall impose, and the court administrator shall collect,
an additional $1 surcharge on every person convicted of any felony, gross misdemeanor,
misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor offense, deleted text begin including a violation of a law or ordinance
relating to vehicle parking,deleted text end if the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes the
$1 surcharge. The surcharge shall be imposed whether or not the person is sentenced to
imprisonment or the sentence is stayed. The surcharge shall not be imposed when a person
is convicted of a petty misdemeanor for which no fine is imposed.
(b) If the court fails to impose a surcharge as required by this subdivision, the court
administrator shall show the imposition of the surcharge, collect the surcharge, and
correct the record.
(c) The court may not waive payment of the surcharge required under this
subdivision. Upon a showing of indigency or undue hardship upon the convicted person
or the convicted person's immediate family, the sentencing court may authorize payment
of the surcharge in installments.
(d) The court administrator or other entity collecting a surcharge shall forward it to
the commissioner of management and budget.
(e) If the convicted person is sentenced to imprisonment and has not paid the
surcharge before the term of imprisonment begins, the chief executive officer of the
correctional facility in which the convicted person is incarcerated shall collect the
surcharge from any earnings the inmate accrues from work performed in the facility or
while on conditional release. The chief executive officer shall forward the amount collected
to the court administrator or other entity collecting the surcharge imposed by the court.
(f) A person who enters a diversion program, continuance without prosecution,
continuance for dismissal, or stay of adjudication for a violation of chapter 169 must pay
the surcharge described in this subdivision. A surcharge imposed under this paragraph
shall be imposed only once per case.
(g) The surcharge does not apply to administrative citations issued pursuant to
section 169.999new text begin or to violations of laws and ordinances related to vehicle parkingnew text end .
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This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to violations
committed on or after that date.
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Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.021, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner of
management and budget shall disburse surcharges received under subdivision 6 and
section 97A.065, subdivision 2, as follows:
(1) one percent shall be credited to the peace officer training account in the game
and fish fund to provide peace officer training for employees of the Department of Natural
Resources who are licensed under sections 626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace
officer authority for the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws;
(2) 39 percent shall be credited to the peace officers training account in the special
revenue fund; and
(3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund.
(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit $3 of each surcharge
received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, to the general fund.
(c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph (a), the commissioner of
management and budget shall credit $47 of each surcharge received under subdivision 6
and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, deleted text begin and the $12 parking surcharge,deleted text end to the general fund.
(d) If the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes imposition of the
additional $1 surcharge provided for in subdivision 6, paragraph (a), the court administrator
in the Second Judicial District shall transmit the surcharge to the commissioner of
management and budget. The $1 special surcharge is deposited in a Ramsey County
surcharge account in the special revenue fund and amounts in the account are appropriated
to the trial courts for the administration of the petty misdemeanor diversion program
operated by the Second Judicial District Ramsey County Violations Bureau.
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This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to violations
committed on or after that date.
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