Senate Bill No. 21
(By Senators Burdette, Mr. President, and Boley,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced January 14, 1994; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article twenty-nine,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to law-
enforcement training; and charging an additional fee in
court and bond costs to finance said training.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of
the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and
reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 29. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.
§30-29-4. Special revenue account -- Collections;
disbursements; administrative expenses.
(a) Beginning on the original effective date of this
article, a two dollar fee shall be added to the usual court costs
of all criminal court proceedings involving violation of any
criminal law of the state or any county or municipality thereof,excluding violations of municipal parking ordinances. Beginning
on the first day July in the year one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, a six dollar fee shall be added to the usual court
costs of all criminal court proceedings involving violation of
any criminal law of the state or any county or municipality
thereof, excluding violations of municipal parking ordinances.
(b) Beginning on the original effective date of this
article, a two dollar fee shall be added to the amount of any
cash or property bond posted for violation of any criminal law of
the state or any county or municipality thereof, excluding bonds
posted solely for violation of municipal parking ordinances.
Upon forfeiture of such bond, the two dollar fee shall be
deposited as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
Beginning on the first day July in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-four, a six dollar fee shall be added to the usual
court costs of all criminal court proceedings involving violation
of any criminal law of the state or any county or municipality
thereof, excluding violations of municipal parking ordinances.
(c) All fees collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)
of this section shall be deposited in a separate account by the
collecting agency. Within ten calendar days following the
beginning of each calendar month, the collecting agency shall
forward the amount deposited to the state treasurer. The
treasurer shall deposit all fees so received to a special revenue
account. Funds in the account shall be disbursed by the
governor's committee, upon recommendation by the subcommittee,for the funding of law-enforcement training academies and
programs and to pay expenses of the governor's committee in
administering the provisions of this article, which expenses may
not in any fiscal year exceed ten percent of the funds deposited
to said special revenue account during that fiscal year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to charge an extra six
dollars in court and bond costs. The money is to be used to fund
law-enforcement training academies and programs.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.