§ 22-31. Court fines.  


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  • In cooperation with the judges of the superior court of the county, the judge of the probate court of the county, and the judge of the magistrate court of the county, in every case in which each court imposes a fine, which shall be construed to include costs, for any offense against a criminal or traffic law of this state, or any ordinance of the county, there shall be imposed as an additional penalty a sum equal to ten percent of the original fine, and the sheriff's office of the county, the magistrate court judge, the probate judge, the county probation department, and the state probation department is charged with the duty of collecting the ten percent from the fines and forfeited bonds and pay the same over to the board of commissioners by the tenth day of the month following the month in which the sum is collected. The sum shall be paid into a separate account to be known as the county jail fund, and shall be expended solely and exclusively for constructing, operating and staffing county jails, county correctional institutions and detention facilities in the county.

(Res. of 2-14-1995(1))