A. All fines and forfeitures that are collected in a municipal court maintained by a city or town that pays the salaries of the municipal court officers shall be paid to the treasurer of the city or town in which the court is located.

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B. Except as otherwise provided by law, fees for the municipal court shall be established and classified as follows:

Class Description Fee

E Minimum clerk fee $ 17.00

Research in locating a document 17.00

Record duplication 17.00

F Per page fee

Copies of any documents per page $ 0.50

C. Excluding the monies that are kept by the court pursuant to subsection D of this section, the municipal court shall monthly transmit all monies that are collected pursuant to subsection B of this section to the city or town treasurer. The city or town treasurer shall distribute or deposit all of the monies received pursuant to this subsection as follows:

1. 19.18 per cent to the state treasurer for deposit in the judicial collection enhancement fund established by section 12-113.

2. 72.51 per cent to the city or town general fund.

D. 8.31 per cent of the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection C of this section shall be kept and used by the court collecting the fees in the same manner as the seven dollars of the time payment fee prescribed by section 12-116, subsection B.

E. A city or town may establish and assess fees for court programs and services.