Report Title:
Traffic Fines; Counties
Description:
Directs a portion of traffic fines to the county in which the violation occurred.
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1004 |
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to traffic fines.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§291C-171 Disposition of fines and forfeitures. (a) All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any section or provision of the state traffic laws and all assessments collected relating to the commission of traffic infractions shall be paid to the director of finance of the State[.] and shall be distributed by the director as follows:
(1) per cent of all fines, forfeitures, and assessments generated within a county shall be transferred to that county, excluding monetary penalties resulting from offenses under chapter 291E; and
(2) All funds not transferred to a county shall be retained by the State and deposited into the state general fund or, if otherwise required by law, into the state highway fund.
No later than forty-five days after the close of each calendar quarter, the director of finance of the State shall deposit into the general fund of each county the fines, forfeitures, and assessments collected by the district courts in that county, in the percentages specified in this section.
(b) In addition to any monetary assessment imposed for a traffic infraction, the court may impose penalties on all outstanding traffic citations and judgments. The penalties shall be established pursuant to rules approved by the supreme court; provided that the amounts of the penalties shall be based upon a graduated scale that increases in proportion to the length of the delinquency. Any interest penalty imposed as provided in this section may be waived by the court for good cause. All penalties collected for such outstanding citations and judgments shall be paid to the director of finance of the State[.] and distributed after collection as provided in subsection (a)."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.
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