§ 12-21-19 - Payment of fines to general treasurer – Accounting. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-21-19

   § 12-21-19  Payment of fines to generaltreasurer – Accounting. – Whenever a fine is recovered under any statute of this state, the whole ofwhich may be due the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals, the Children's Friend and Service, or to any other society, or theone-half ( 1/2) of which may be due the state or any society, or to any person,as complainant, the whole of the fine shall be accounted for with the statecontroller and paid to the general treasurer. The fine due any society, or theone-half ( 1/2) fine due any society, or to any person, as complainant, shallbe paid by the general treasurer upon order of the state controller and thestate controller shall draw his or her order whenever he or she shall receive aproper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine wasimposed.