§ 16-27. Disposition of state court facilities funds from the surcharge; accounting by clerk of the court.

(a)

Court Facilities Fund; surcharge. Seventy-five percent of all monies collected from the surcharge imposed by section 16-26 shall be set aside by the clerk in a special and separate account titled "court facilities fund" to be used exclusively for the construction, operation and maintenance of state court facilities as determined by the board. Twenty-five percent of the monies collected from the surcharge shall be set aside by the clerk in a special and separate account titled "law library fund" to be used to support the Rupert J. Smith Law Library.

(b)

The clerk in his capacity as accountant to the board shall provide to the board an annual financial report on the court facilities fund outlining the amount of court costs collected, expenditures and earnings from the investment of said funds.

(Code 1982, § 1-7-9; Ord. No. 04-024, 6-22-2004)