Section 42006 Of Article 1. Public Offenses From California Vehicle Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), there may be
levied a special assessment in an amount equal to one dollar ($1) for
every fine, forfeiture, and traffic violator school fee imposed and
collected by any court that conducts a night or weekend session of
the court, on all offenses involving a violation of a section of this
code or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code, except
offenses relating to parking.
(b) When a person makes a deposit of bail for an offense to which
this section applies, in a case in which the person is required to
appear in a court that conducts a night or weekend session, the
person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to
include the assessment prescribed in this section for forfeited bail.
If bail is forfeited, the amount of the assessment shall be
transmitted by the clerk of the court to the county treasury for
disposition as prescribed by subdivision (d).
(c) If a court conducts night or weekend sessions at two or more
locations, the court may do either of the following:
(1) Levy assessments only on those persons who are required to
appear at the location where night or weekend sessions are held.
(2) Levy assessments on persons who have the option to appear at a
location where night or weekend court sessions are held and that is
within 25 miles of the location of the court where the person is
otherwise required to appear.
(d) After a determination by the court of the amount of the
assessment due, the clerk of the court shall collect the amount and
transmit it as provided in subdivision (g).
(e) In any case where a person convicted of any offense to which
this section applies is imprisoned until the fine is satisfied, the
court shall waive the penalty assessment.
(f) As used in subdivisions (g) and (h), the following terms have
the following meanings:
(1) "Court Facilities Trust Fund" means the fund established by
Section 70352 of the Government Code.
(2) "Location" means a court facility holding night or weekend
sessions under this section.
(3) "Transfer of responsibility" means the transfer of
responsibility for court facilities from the counties to the state
pursuant to Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 70301) of Title 8 of
the Government Code.
(g) (1) If transfer of responsibility for a location has occurred,
the clerk shall collect any assessment imposed pursuant to
subdivision (c) and transmit it to the Court Facilities Trust Fund.
Moneys deposited pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for any
purpose provided by subdivision (b) of Section 70352 of the
Government Code.
(2) If transfer of responsibility for a location has not occurred,
the clerk shall collect any assessment imposed pursuant to
subdivision (c) and transmit it to the county treasury to be
deposited in the night court session fund, and the moneys in the fund
shall be expended by the county for maintaining courts for which
transfer of responsibility has not occurred and that have night or
weekend sessions for traffic offenses.
(h) (1) The county treasurer of each county shall transfer from
the night court session fund to the Court Facilities Trust Fund an
amount that is the same percentage of the night court session fund as
of January 1, 2009, as the square footage of locations for which
transfer of responsibility has occurred on or before January 1, 2009,
is to the total square footage of locations.
(2) For locations for which transfer of responsibility occurs
after January 1, 2009, the county treasurer shall, at the time of
transfer of any location, transfer from the night court session fund
to the Court Facilities Trust Fund an amount that is the same
percentage of the night court session fund as the square footage of
the location for which transfer of responsibility is occurring is to
the sum of the square footage of locations for which transfer of
responsibility has not occurred and the square footage of the
location being transferred.
(3) Upon the transfer of responsibility for all locations, the
county treasurer shall transfer to the Court Facilities Trust Fund
any amount remaining in the night court session fund.
(4) Any expenditures made from the fund for a purpose other than
those specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) shall be repaid
to the state for deposit in the Court Facilities Trust Fund.