HB0105 - Municipal traffic violation penalties-school fund.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0472

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0105

 

 

Municipal traffic violation penalties-school fund.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to traffic violations penalties; requiring
 2  that fines and penalties imposed for violation of traffic
 3  ordinances of a city or town shall be paid into the county
 4  school fund; and providing for an effective date.

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 6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 5-6-204, 5-6-303 and 5-9-106 are
 9  amended to read:

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11         5-6-204.  Fines and penalties to be paid to city
12  treasurer; report of cases; failure to comply with section.

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14  All fines and penalties collected and arising from a breach
15  of a city ordinance, except fines and penalties collected
16  for violations of traffic ordinances regulating speed

 

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 1  limits, shall be deposited with the city treasurer, and the
 2  municipal judge shall report at the end of each calendar
 3  month a list of all cases for violations of city ordinances
 4  instituted in his court, and the disposition thereof, with
 5  a statement of the fines, penalties and costs received. All
 6  fines and penalties collected and arising from a breach of
 7  a city ordinance regulating speed limits shall be paid into
 8  the county treasury to the credit of the public school fund
 9  of the county. At the end of each month the judge shall
10  deposit with the city treasurer or the county treasurer, as
11  appropriate, all fines, penalties and costs received. If
12  the municipal judge fails to report and deposit all fines,
13  penalties and costs for a period of twenty-five (25) days,
14  his office shall be declared vacant. If a city enacts an
15  ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in
16  W.S. 5-6-108, the fee shall be remitted to the judicial
17  systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120.

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19         5-6-303.  Disposition of fines and penalties.

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21  All fines and penalties collected, arising from a breach of
22  the ordinances of the town, except fines and penalties
23  collected for violations of traffic ordinances regulating
24  speed limits, shall be paid into the town treasury. All

 

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 1  fines and penalties collected and arising from a breach of
 2  a town ordinance regulating speed limits shall be paid into
 3  the county treasury to the credit of the public school fund
 4  of the county. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing a
 5  court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5-6-108, the fee
 6  shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation
 7  account established by W.S. 5-2-120.

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 9         5-9-106.  Disposition of money collected for
10  violations of city or town ordinances; disposition of fines
11  and penalties under general state laws.

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13  All money collected by a judge of a circuit court for
14  violations of ordinances of a city or town, except fines
15  and penalties collected for violations of traffic
16  ordinances regulating speed limits, shall be paid into the
17  general fund of the city or town whose ordinance was
18  violated. All fines and penalties collected and arising
19  from a breach of a city or town ordinance regulating speed
20  limits shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit
21  of the public school fund of the county. The circuit court
22  shall keep separate account books of funds for ordinance
23  violations as designated by the director of the state
24  department of audit. All fines and penalties under the

 

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 1  general laws of the state shall be paid into the county
 2  treasury to the credit of the public school fund of the
 3  county.

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 5         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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 7                         (END)

 

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