(a) Fund established. There is a Court Fines and Fees Special Revenue Fund into which revenues shall be paid from the following sources:
(1) all appearance fees collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County under the authority of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 7-204(d), of the State Code; and
(2) fifty percent of the fines imposed and recognizances forfeited to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County under the authority of Chapter 808 of the 1943 Laws of Maryland.
(b) Special fund. The Court Fines and Fees Special Revenue Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund.
(c) Purposes. The revenues paid into the Court Fines and Fees Special Revenue Fund shall be appropriated in the budget of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County and dedicated to the general purposes of the Court Library and Assignment Office and for maintenance and improvement of the Court's facilities, equipment, and programs, including the following:
(1) necessary expenses for books, legal publications, library equipment, and the services of the library and other personnel; and
(2) refurbishing or repairing of furniture in the court rooms and library.
(d) Nonexclusive source of funding. General fund revenues may be used to supplement appropriations from the Court Fines and Fees Special Revenue Fund for the purposes described in subsection (c).
(Bill No. 24-08)