46-18-235. Disposition of money collected as fines and costs. The money collected by a court as a result of the imposition of fines or assessment of costs under the provisions of 46-18-231 and 46-18-232 must be paid:
     (1) by the clerk of district court to:
     (a) the department of revenue for deposit into the state general fund; or
     (b) if the fine was imposed for a violation of Title 45, chapter 9 or 10, and at the court's discretion, the drug forfeiture account maintained under 44-12-206 for the law enforcement agency that made the arrest from which the conviction and fine arose; and
     (2) by a justice's court pursuant to 3-10-601.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 198, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 180, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 680, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 1, Sp. L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 553, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 557, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 59, Ch. 83, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 296, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 704, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 51, Ch. 509, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 216, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 257, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 585, L. 2001.