FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE BILL NO. 467
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2003
1640S.01T
AN ACT
To repeal section 488.5339, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to a surcharge to fund the crime victims' compensation fund.
Section A. Section 488.5339, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 488.5339, to read as follows:
488.5339. 1. There is created in section 595.045, RSMo, the crime victims' compensation fund. A surcharge of [five] seven dollars and fifty cents shall be assessed pursuant to section 595.045, RSMo, as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state in all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of the state, including an infraction and violation of a municipal ordinance; except that no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. A surcharge of [five] seven dollars and fifty cents shall be assessed pursuant to section 595.045, RSMo, as costs in a juvenile court proceeding in which a child is found by the court to come within the applicable provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, RSMo.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020.