Bill Text: VA HB537 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Clerk of circuit court; local fees and fines paid directly to local government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244) [HB537 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-HB537-Chaptered.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §16.1-69.48 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §16.1-69.48. Fees and fines. A. All fees collected by the judge, substitute judge, clerk or employees, but not including fees belonging to officers other than the judge, clerk or employees, of a general district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court shall be paid promptly to the clerk of the circuit court who shall pay the same into the state treasury. Fees collected for services of the attorney for the Commonwealth shall be paid by the clerk of the circuit court, one-half of such fee shall be paid into the treasury of the county or city in which the offense for which warrant issued was committed, and the other one-half of such fees shall be paid by such clerk on his monthly remittance into the state treasury. B. C. The word "fees" as used in this section shall include all moneys from every source, exclusive of monthly bank charges, and except collections for child support or support for a spouse or parent, including by way of illustration, but not limited to, the fees collected pursuant to §§15.2-1627.3, 16.1-69.48:1, 18.2-268.1 through 18.2-268.12, 18.2-271.1, 19.2-163, 19.2-368.18, 29.1-551, 46.2-383, 46.2-1135, 46.2-1137 and 46.2-1138.1. |
