488.5336. Court costs may be increased, amount, how, exceptions, deposit--additional assessment--use of funds--amount of reimbursement. - Missouri Statutes

Court costs may be increased, amount, how, exceptions,deposit--additional assessment--use of funds--amount ofreimbursement.

488.5336. 1. A surcharge of two dollars may be assessed as costs ineach criminal case involving violations of any county ordinance or aviolation of any criminal or traffic laws of the state, includinginfractions, or violations of municipal ordinances, provided that no suchfee shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceedingor defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paidby the state, county or municipality. For violations of the generalcriminal laws of the state or county ordinances, no such surcharge shall becollected unless it is authorized by the county government where theviolation occurred. For violations of municipal ordinances, no suchsurcharge shall be collected unless it is authorized by the municipalgovernment where the violation occurred. If imposed by a municipality,such surcharges shall be collected by the clerk of the municipal courtresponsible for collecting court costs and fines and shall be transmittedmonthly to the treasurer of the municipality where the violation occurredin cases of violations of municipal ordinances. If imposed by a county,such surcharges shall be collected and disbursed as provided in sections488.010 to 488.020. Such surcharges shall be payable to the treasurer ofthe county where the violation occurred in the case of violations of thegeneral criminal laws of the state or county ordinances. Without regard towhether the aforementioned surcharge is assessed, a surcharge in the amountof one dollar shall be assessed as provided in this section, and shall becollected and disbursed as provided in sections 488.010 to 488.020 andpayable to the state treasury to the credit of the peace officer standardsand training commission fund created in section 590.178, RSMo. Suchsurcharges shall be in addition to the court costs and fees and limits onsuch court costs and fees established by section 66.110, RSMo, and section479.260, RSMo.

2. Each county and municipality shall use all funds received underthis section only to pay for the training required as provided in sections590.100 to 590.180, RSMo, or for the training of county coroners and theirdeputies provided that any excess funds not allocated to pay for suchtraining may be used to pay for additional training of peace officers orfor training of other law enforcement personnel employed or appointed bythe county or municipality. No county or municipality shall retain morethan one thousand five hundred dollars of such funds for each certified lawenforcement officer, candidate for certification employed by that agency ora coroner and the coroner's deputies. Any excess funds shall betransmitted quarterly to the general revenue fund of the county ormunicipality treasury which assessed the costs.

(L. 1978 H.B. 879 & 899 § 9, A.L. 1988 S.B. 532, A.L. 1993 S.B. 268, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1486, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80 merged with S.B. 267)

*Transferred 2000; formerly 590.140