Kentucky Statutes 42.320 – Court cost distribution fund — Disbursements — Payments into general fund
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(1) There is hereby established the court cost distribution fund, which is created to provide a central account into which the court costs collected by all circuit clerks, under KRS § 23A.205(1) and 24A.175(1), shall be paid.
(2) The fund shall be administered by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, which shall make monthly disbursements from the fund according to the following schedule:
(a) Forty-nine percent (49%) of each court cost shall be paid into the general fund;
(b) Ten and eight-tenths percent (10.8%) of each court cost, up to five million four hundred thousand dollars ($5,400,000), shall be paid into the State Treasury for the benefit and use of the Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority under KRS § 441.605 to KRS § 441.695;
(c) Six and one-half percent (6.5%) of each court cost, up to three million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000), shall be paid into the spinal cord and head injury research trust fund created in KRS § 211.504;
(d) Five and one-half percent (5.5%) of each court cost, up to two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,750,000), shall be paid into the traumatic brain injury trust fund created in KRS § 211.476;
(e) Five percent (5%) of each court cost, up to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), shall be paid into a trust and agency account with the Administrative Office of the Courts and is to be used by the circuit clerks to hire additional deputy clerks and to enhance deputy clerk salaries;
(f) Three and one-half percent (3.5%) of each court cost, up to one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,750,000), shall be paid to a special trust and agency account that shall not lapse for the Department of Public Advocacy;
(g) Three and four-tenths percent (3.4%) of each court cost, up to one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000), shall be paid into the crime victims’ compensation fund created in KRS § 49.480;
(h) Seven-tenths of one percent (0.7%) of each court cost, up to three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000), shall be paid to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to defray the costs of conducting record checks on prospective firearms purchasers pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and for the collection, testing, and storing of DNA samples;
(i) Ten and one-tenth percent (10.1%) of each court cost, up to five million fifty thousand dollars ($5,050,000), deposited in the fund shall be paid to the county sheriff in the county from which the court cost was received; and
(j) Five and one-half percent (5.5%) of each court cost, up to two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,750,000), deposited in the fund shall be paid to the county treasurer in the county from which the court cost was received and shall be used by the fiscal court in that county for the purposes of defraying the costs of operation of the county jail and the transportation of
prisoners.
(3) Any moneys remaining in the fund after the monthly disbursements in subsection
(2) of this section shall be paid into the general fund.
(4) Any moneys collected above the prescribed amount shall be paid into the general fund.
Effective: June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 60, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 167, sec. 11, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 123, effective June 26, 2007. — Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 9, effective August 1,
2002.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, H, 4, (2) at 1684.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2017). This statute was amended by 2017
Ky. Acts chs. 74 and 167, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this section.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). This statute number, KRS § 42.320, was previously used for a KRS section that was repealed. That earlier section (1974
Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VIII, Part I, sec. 1; 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 5) was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 79, effective July 1, 1983. The catchline at repeal read, “State clearinghouse functions for federal funds.”
(2) The fund shall be administered by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, which shall make monthly disbursements from the fund according to the following schedule:
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 42.320
- branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(a) Forty-nine percent (49%) of each court cost shall be paid into the general fund;
(b) Ten and eight-tenths percent (10.8%) of each court cost, up to five million four hundred thousand dollars ($5,400,000), shall be paid into the State Treasury for the benefit and use of the Kentucky Local Correctional Facilities Construction Authority under KRS § 441.605 to KRS § 441.695;
(c) Six and one-half percent (6.5%) of each court cost, up to three million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000), shall be paid into the spinal cord and head injury research trust fund created in KRS § 211.504;
(d) Five and one-half percent (5.5%) of each court cost, up to two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,750,000), shall be paid into the traumatic brain injury trust fund created in KRS § 211.476;
(e) Five percent (5%) of each court cost, up to two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), shall be paid into a trust and agency account with the Administrative Office of the Courts and is to be used by the circuit clerks to hire additional deputy clerks and to enhance deputy clerk salaries;
(f) Three and one-half percent (3.5%) of each court cost, up to one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,750,000), shall be paid to a special trust and agency account that shall not lapse for the Department of Public Advocacy;
(g) Three and four-tenths percent (3.4%) of each court cost, up to one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000), shall be paid into the crime victims’ compensation fund created in KRS § 49.480;
(h) Seven-tenths of one percent (0.7%) of each court cost, up to three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000), shall be paid to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to defray the costs of conducting record checks on prospective firearms purchasers pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and for the collection, testing, and storing of DNA samples;
(i) Ten and one-tenth percent (10.1%) of each court cost, up to five million fifty thousand dollars ($5,050,000), deposited in the fund shall be paid to the county sheriff in the county from which the court cost was received; and
(j) Five and one-half percent (5.5%) of each court cost, up to two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,750,000), deposited in the fund shall be paid to the county treasurer in the county from which the court cost was received and shall be used by the fiscal court in that county for the purposes of defraying the costs of operation of the county jail and the transportation of
prisoners.
(3) Any moneys remaining in the fund after the monthly disbursements in subsection
(2) of this section shall be paid into the general fund.
(4) Any moneys collected above the prescribed amount shall be paid into the general fund.
Effective: June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 60, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 167, sec. 11, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 123, effective June 26, 2007. — Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 9, effective August 1,
2002.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. I, H, 4, (2) at 1684.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2017). This statute was amended by 2017
Ky. Acts chs. 74 and 167, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this section.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). This statute number, KRS § 42.320, was previously used for a KRS section that was repealed. That earlier section (1974
Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VIII, Part I, sec. 1; 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 5) was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 79, effective July 1, 1983. The catchline at repeal read, “State clearinghouse functions for federal funds.”