42.320 Court cost distribution fund -- Disbursements -- Payments into general
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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 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.