488.200. Centralized bureau funds. - Missouri Statutes

Centralized bureau funds.

488.200. On and after July 1, 1999, there shall be assessed as a feein any case disposed of by the centralized bureau established pursuant tosection 476.385, RSMo, an amount determined pursuant to section 488.012;provided that such fee shall not be assessed in proceedings when costs arewaived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. One-half ofthe proceeds of this fee fund shall be payable to the director of thedepartment of revenue for deposit into a revolving fund to be establishedpursuant to this section, and one-half the proceeds of this fee shall bepaid to the treasuries of the various counties in which the associatecircuit judges have elected to participate in the centralized bureauestablished pursuant to section 476.385, RSMo, to be distributed to eachcounty in the proportions as the number of violations originating withinthe county bears* to the total number of violations processed by thecentralized bureau, on an annual basis. The state treasurer shall be thecustodian of the revolving fund, and shall make disbursements, as allowedby lawful appropriations, only to the judicial branch of state governmentfor goods and services related to the administration and operation of thecentralized bureau.

(L. 1997 S.B. 248)

*Word "bear" appears in original rolls.