SB 248 - House Committee Substitute

L0872.10

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

SENATE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 248

AN ACT

To repeal sections 217.730, 302.225, 374.715, 429.470, 429.490, 476.010, 476.050, 476.055, 509.030, 511.500, 513.045, 543.335, 545.040, 545.050, 545.060, 545.070, 545.240, 545.270, RSMo 1994, sections 217.305, 476.083, 476.385, 477.600, 478.466, 488.015, 488.020, 512.050, 559.027, 559.029 and 577.051, RSMo Supp. 1996, sections 57.290, 67.133, 429.090, 429.120, 452.345, 476.053, 479.260 and 511.510, as both versions of such sections appear in RSMo Supp. 1996, and section 595.045, RSMo Supp. 1996, contained in house committee substitute for senate bill no. 769, truly agreed to and finally passed by the second regular session of the eighty-eighth general assembly, relating to courts, and to enact in lieu thereof forty-four new sections relating to the same subject, with an emergency clause and an expiration date for a certain section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

Section A. Sections 217.730, 302.225, 374.715, 429.470, 429.490, 476.010, 476.050, 476.055, 509.030, 511.500, 513.045, 543.335, 545.040, 545.050, 545.060, 545.070, 545.240, 545.270, RSMo 1994, sections 217.305, 476.083, 476.385, 477.600, 478.466, 488.015, 488.020, 512.050, 559.027, 559.029 and 577.051, RSMo Supp. 1996, sections 57.290, 67.133, 429.090, 429.120, 452.345, 476.053, 479.260 and 511.510 as both versions of such sections appear in RSMo Supp. 1996, and section 595.045, RSMo Supp. 1996, contained in house committee substitute for senate bill no. 769, truly agreed to and finally passed by the second regular session of the eighty-eighth general assembly, are repealed and

forty-four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 57.290, 67.133, 217.305, 217.730, 302.225, 374.715, 374.763, 429.090, 429.120, 429.470, 429.490, 452.345, 476.010, 476.050, 476.053, 476.055, 476.056, 476.057, 476.062, 476.083, 476.385, 477.600, 478.012, 478.466, 479.260, 488.015, 488.020, 488.023, 488.200, 509.030, 511.500, 511.510, 512.050, 513.045, 543.335, 545.040, 545.050, 545.060, 545.070, 545.240, 545.270, 545.930, 559.029 and 577.051, to read as follows:

[57.290. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, sheriffs, county marshals or other officers shall be allowed fees for their services in criminal cases and for all proceedings for contempt or attachment as follows:

For serving and returning each capias, for each

defendant ............................................ $ 4.00

For serving a writ of attachment for each person actually

brought into court ................................... 10.00

For serving every writ of execution .................... 12.50

For entering return of non est on a capias or

attachment ........................................... 6.00

For a return of nulla bona ............................. 5.00

For summoning a jury to ascertain the sanity or

pregnancy of a convict, drawing the inquisition,

and returning the same ............................... 4.00

For summoning a grand jury ............................. 15.00

For summoning a petit jury and calling the same

at the trial ......................................... 4.00

For executing a special venire when one shall have

been actually ordered and issued ..................... 4.00

For summoning each witness ............................. 3.00

For every return of non est on a subpoena .............. 1.00

For serving any rule of court or notice ................ 3.00

For calling each witness ............................... 3.00

For taking recognizance ................................ 3.00

For committing any person to jail ...................... 4.00

For every trial in a criminal case or confession ....... 4.00

For every trial in a capital case ...................... 10.00

2. In all counties the sheriff shall be allowed fees for his services in felony cases and for all proceedings for contempt or attachment the sum of fifteen dollars per case. Such fees shall be charged and collected for and on behalf of the county and paid into the county treasury; however, in any city not within a county, all additional revenue derived from the increase in the fees provided for in this section after May 25, 1989, shall be used only for the support of the sheriff's office for a period of at least one full fiscal year following May 25, 1989.

3. In cities and counties having a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants and over, each deputy sheriff, not more than two, shall be allowed for each day during the term of court six dollars, to be paid by the city or county of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over.

4. For the services of taking convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center designated by the director of the department of corrections, the sheriff, county marshal or other officers shall receive the sum of eight dollars per day for the time actually and necessarily employed in traveling to and from the reception and diagnostic center, and each guard shall receive the sum of six dollars per day for the same, and the sheriff, county marshal or other officer and guard shall receive twenty-five cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the reception and diagnostic center, the time and distance to be estimated by the most usually traveled route from the place of departure to the reception and diagnostic center; the sum of twenty-five cents per mile for each mile traveled shall be allowed to the sheriff to cover all expenses on each convicted offender while being taken to the reception and diagnostic center; and all persons, convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the department of corrections at any term or sitting of the court, shall be taken to the reception and diagnostic center at the same time, unless prevented by sickness or unavoidable accident. In cities having a population of two hundred thousand inhabitants or more, convicted offenders shall be taken to the reception and diagnostic center as often as the sheriff deems necessary. When three or more convicted offenders are being taken to the reception and diagnostic center at one time, a guard may be employed, but no guard shall be employed for a less number of convicted offenders except upon the order, entered of record, of the judge of the court in which the conviction was had, and any additional guards employed by order of the judge shall, in no event, exceed one for every three convicted offenders; and before any claim for taking convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center is allowed, the sheriff, or other officer conveying such convicted offender, shall file with the state commissioner of administration an itemized statement of his account, in which he shall give the name of each convicted offender conveyed and the name of each guard actually employed, with the number of miles necessarily traveled and the number of days required, which in no case shall exceed three days, and which account shall be signed and sworn to by such officer and accompanied by a certificate from the chief administrative officer or his designee of the reception and diagnostic center, that such convicted offenders have been delivered at the reception and diagnostic center and were accompanied by each of the officers and guards named in the account.

5. The sheriff or other officer who shall take a person, charged with a criminal offense, from the county in which the offender is apprehended to that in which the offense was committed, or who may remove a prisoner from one county to another for any cause authorized by law, or who shall have in custody or under his charge any person undergoing an examination preparatory to his commitment more than one day for transporting, safekeeping and maintaining any such person, shall be allowed by the court having cognizance of the offense, three dollars and fifty cents per day for every day he may have such person under his charge, when the number of days shall exceed one, and twenty-five cents per mile for every mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from one county to another, and the guard employed, who shall in no event exceed the number allowed the sheriff, marshal or other officer in transporting convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center, shall be allowed the same compensation as the officer. Three dollars and fifty cents per day, mileage same as officer, shall be allowed for board and all other expenses of each prisoner. No compensation shall be allowed under this section for taking the prisoner or prisoners from one place to another in the same county, excepting in counties which have two or more courts with general criminal jurisdiction. In such counties the sheriff shall have the same fees for conveying prisoners from the jail to place of trial as are allowed for conveying prisoners in like cases from one county to another, and the expenses incurred in transporting prisoners from one county to another, occasioned by the insufficiency of the county jail or threatened mob violence, shall be paid by the county in which such case may have originated; provided that the court is held at a place more than five miles from the jail; and no court shall allow the expense of a guard, although it may have actually been incurred, unless from the evidence of disinterested persons it shall be satisfied that a guard was necessary; provided, that when the place of conviction is remote from a railroad, upon which a convicted offender may be transported to the reception and diagnostic center, the court before which such convicted offender is sentenced may, for good cause shown, allow one guard for every two convicted offenders, such guard to receive three dollars a day and twenty-five cents a mile for every mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the nearest depot on said railroad to the place where such convicted offender was sentenced.

6. These costs shall be taxed as other costs in criminal procedure immediately after conviction of any defendant in any criminal procedure. The clerk shall tax all the costs in the case against such defendant and deliver a certified copy of the same to the sheriff, who shall immediately proceed to collect such costs from the defendant, together with ten percent on the amount of costs, so collected, as a commission for collecting the same, and the clerk shall receive of such commission an amount equal to ten percent of the fees collected and due such clerk, and the remainder of such commission shall be retained by the sheriff; provided, that in no case shall such commission be taxed against or paid either by the county or the state; provided further, that all costs, incident to the issuing and serving of writs of scire facias and of writs of fieri facias, and of attachments for witnesses of defendant, shall in no case be paid by the state, but such costs incurred under writs of fieri facias and scire facias shall be paid by the defendant and his sureties, and costs for attachments for witnesses shall be paid by such witnesses.]

57.290. 1. Sheriffs, county marshals or other officers shall be allowed a charge for their services rendered in criminal cases and in all proceedings for contempt or attachment, as required by law, the sum of seventy-five dollars [per] for each felony case or contempt or attachment proceeding, ten dollars for each misdemeanor case, and six dollars for each infraction, excluding cases disposed of by a traffic violations bureau established pursuant to law or supreme court rule. Such charges shall be charged and collected in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo, and shall be payable to the county treasury.

2. The sheriff receiving any charge pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall reimburse the sheriff of any other county or the city of St. Louis the sum of three dollars for each pleading, writ, summons, order of court of other document served in connection with the case or proceeding by the sheriff of the other county or city, and return made thereof, to the maximum amount of the total charge received pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.

[2.] 3. In cities and counties having a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants and over, each deputy sheriff, not more than two, shall be allowed for each day during the term of court six dollars, to be paid by the city or county of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over.

[3.] 4. For the services of taking convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center designated by the director of the department of corrections, the sheriff, county marshal or other officers shall receive the sum of eight dollars per day for the time actually and necessarily employed in traveling to and from the reception and diagnostic center, and each guard shall receive the sum of six dollars per day for the same, and the sheriff, county marshal or other officer and guard shall receive the mileage rate prescribed by this section for the distance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the reception and diagnostic center, the time and distance to be estimated by the most usually traveled route from the place of departure to the reception and diagnostic center; the mileage rate prescribed by this section for each mile traveled shall be allowed to the sheriff to cover all expenses on each convicted offender while being taken to the reception and diagnostic center; and all persons, convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the department of corrections at any term or sitting of the court, shall be taken to the reception and diagnostic center at the same time, unless prevented by sickness or unavoidable accident. In cities having a population of two hundred thousand inhabitants or more, convicted offenders shall be taken to the reception and diagnostic center as often as the sheriff deems necessary. When three or more convicted offenders are being taken to the reception and diagnostic center at one time, a guard may be employed, but no guard shall be employed for a less number of convicted offenders except upon the order, entered of record, of the judge of the court in which the conviction was had, and any additional guards employed by order of the judge shall, in no event, exceed one for every three convicted offenders; and before any claim for taking convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center is allowed, the sheriff, or other officer conveying such convicted offender, shall file with the state commissioner of administration an itemized statement of such sheriff's account, in which the sheriff shall give the name of each convicted offender conveyed and the name of each guard actually employed, with the number of miles necessarily traveled and the number of days required, which in no case shall exceed three days, and which account shall be signed and sworn to by such officer and accompanied by a certificate from the chief administrative officer or such officer's designee of the reception and diagnostic center, that such convicted offenders have been delivered at the reception and diagnostic center and were accompanied by each of the officers and guards named in the account.

[4.] 5. The sheriff or other officer who shall take a person, charged with a criminal offense, from the county in which the offender is apprehended to that in which the offense was committed, or who may remove a prisoner from one county to another for any cause authorized by law, or who shall have in custody or under such sheriff's or officer's charge any person undergoing an examination preparatory to such person's commitment more than one day for transporting, safekeeping and maintaining any such person, shall be allowed by the court having cognizance of the offense, three dollars and fifty cents per day for every day such sheriff or officer may have such person under such sheriff's or officer's charge, when the number of days shall exceed one, and the mileage rate prescribed by this section for every mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from one county to another, and the guard employed, who shall in no event exceed the number allowed the sheriff, marshal or other officer in transporting convicted offenders to the reception and diagnostic center, shall be allowed the same compensation as the officer. Three dollars and fifty cents per day, mileage same as officer, shall be allowed for board and all other expenses of each prisoner. No compensation shall be allowed under this section for taking the prisoner or prisoners from one place to another in the same county, excepting in counties which have two or more courts with general criminal jurisdiction. In such counties the sheriff shall have the same fees for conveying prisoners from the jail to place of trial as are allowed for conveying prisoners in like cases from one county to another, and the expenses incurred in transporting prisoners from one county to another, occasioned by the insufficiency of the county jail or threatened mob violence, shall be paid by the county in which such case may have originated; provided that the court is held at a place more than five miles from the jail; and no court shall allow the expense of a guard, although it may have actually been incurred, unless from the evidence of disinterested persons it shall be satisfied that a guard was necessary; provided, that when the place of conviction is remote from a railroad, upon which a convicted offender may be transported to the reception and diagnostic center, the court before which such convicted offender is sentenced may, for good cause shown, allow one guard for every two convicted offenders, such guard to receive three dollars a day and the mileage rate prescribed by this section for every mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the nearest depot on said railroad to the place where such convicted offender was sentenced.

[5.] 6. The charges provided in subsection 1 of this section shall be taxed as other costs in criminal procedure immediately after conviction of any defendant in any criminal procedure. The clerk shall tax all the costs in the case against such defendant, which shall be collected and disbursed as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo; provided, that no such charge shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court; provided further, that all costs, incident to the issuing and serving of writs of scire facias and of writs of fieri facias, and of attachments for witnesses of defendant, shall in no case be paid by the state, but such costs incurred under writs of fieri facias and scire facias shall be paid by the defendant and such defendant's sureties, and costs for attachments for witnesses shall be paid by such witnesses.

[6.] 7. Mileage shall be reimbursed to sheriffs, county marshals and guards pursuant to this section at the rate prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service for allowable expenses for motor vehicle use expressed as an amount per mile.

[67.133. In addition to the fee required by the provisions of section 56.790, RSMo, a fee of four dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state for a violation of a criminal law of the state except nonmoving traffic violations other than weight limit and safety laws, and no such fees 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 or county on behalf of an indigent defendant and no fee shall be collected in any municipal court. A similar fee of four dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed in any court in the state in any civil proceeding except those filed in the municipal divisions. All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid monthly by the clerk of the court wherein the costs are collected to the county treasurer for transmittal to the state treasurer who shall deposit those funds in the "County Officers Compensation Fund" which is hereby created. Thereafter, on a monthly basis, the state treasurer shall, from the county officers compensation fund, reimburse each county which has paid additional compensation to county officers pursuant to the provisions of sections 49.102, 51.303, 52.245, 53.092, 54.267, 55.096, 57.316, 59.224, 58.137 and 473.739, RSMo, for such amounts so paid. If moneys in the fund would be exhausted by the reimbursements provided by the provisions of this section, the reimbursements shall be prorated. If moneys remain in the fund after all reimbursements have been made, any such remainder shall be transferred to the state's general revenue fund.]

67.133. 1. A fee of ten dollars shall be assessed in all cases in which the defendant is convicted of violating any provision of chapters 252, 301, 302, 304, 306, 307 and 390, RSMo, and any infraction otherwise provided by law, twenty-five dollars [shall be assessed] in all [traffic and] misdemeanor cases otherwise provided by law, and seventy-five dollars in all felony cases, in criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of a criminal or traffic law of the state, [including an infraction,] except that no such fees 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. All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be collected and disbursed in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo, and payable to the county treasurer who shall deposit those funds in the county treasury.

2. Counties shall be entitled to a judgment in the amount of twenty-five percent of all sums collected on recognizances given to the state in criminal cases, which are or may become forfeited, if not more than five hundred dollars, and fifteen percent of all sums over five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the amount collected.

217.305. 1. The sheriff or other officer charged with the delivery of persons committed to the department for confinement in a correctional center shall deliver the person to the reception and diagnostic center designated by the director at times and dates as designated by the director and shall receive a certificate of delivery of the offender from the center.

2. [Such sheriff or officer shall deliver with the offender, in a form prescribed by the department, all appropriate papers] Appropriate information relating to the offender shall be provided to the department in a written or electronic format, at or before the time the offender is delivered to the department, including, but not limited to:

(1) A [certified] copy of the sentence received from the clerk of the sentencing court. If provided in written form, this document shall be certified by the court;

(2) All other judgment, sentencing and commitment [documents authorized by] orders of the court, or such documents as authorized by the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney or required by the department;

(3) Further information regarding the offender's age, crime for which sentenced and circumstances surrounding the crime and sentence, personal history, which may include facts related to his home environment, work habits and previous convictions and commitments. Such information shall be prepared by the prosecuting attorney of the county or circuit attorney of any city not within a county who was charged with the offender's prosecution.

217.730. 1. The period served on parole, except for judicial parole granted or revoked pursuant to section 559.100, RSMo, shall be deemed service of the term of imprisonment and, subject to the provisions of section 217.720 relating to an offender who is or has been a fugitive from justice, the total time served may not exceed the maximum term or sentence.

2. When an offender on parole or conditional release, before the expiration of the term for which the offender was sentenced, has performed the obligation of his parole for such time as satisfies the board that his final release is not incompatible with the best interest of society and the welfare of the individual, the board may make a final order of discharge and issue a certificate of discharge to the offender. No such order of discharge shall be made in any case less than three years after the date on which the offender was paroled or conditionally released except where the sentence expires earlier.

302.225. 1. Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under sections 302.010 to 302.780, or any other law of this state, or county or municipal ordinance, regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, shall, within ten days thereafter, forward to the Missouri state highway patrol, or at the written direction of the Missouri state highway patrol, to the department of revenue, in a manner approved by the director of the department of public safety a record of any plea or finding of guilty of any person in the court for a violation of sections 302.010 to 302.780 or for any moving traffic violation under the laws of this state or county or municipal ordinances. The record related to offenses involving alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs shall be entered in the Missouri uniform law enforcement system records. The record of all convictions involving the assessment of points as provided in section 302.302 and convictions involving a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700 furnished by a court to the highway patrol and not to the department of revenue shall be forwarded by the highway patrol within fifteen days of receipt to the director of revenue.

2. Whenever any person is convicted of any offense or series of offenses for which sections 302.010 to 302.340 makes mandatory the suspension or revocation of the license of such person by the director of revenue, the circuit court in which such conviction is had shall require the surrender to it of all licenses, then held by the person so convicted, and the court shall within ten days thereafter forward the same, together with a record of the conviction, to the director of revenue.

3. No municipal judge or municipal official shall have power to revoke any license.

374.715. Applications for examination and licensure as a bail bond agent or general bail bond agent shall be in writing and on forms prescribed and furnished by the department, and shall contain such information as the department requires. Each application shall be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant is a citizen of the United States, is at least twenty-one years of age, [and] is of good moral character, and meets the qualifications for surety on bail bonds as provided by supreme court rule. Each application shall be accompanied by the examination and application fee set by the department. In addition, each applicant for licensure as a general bail bond agent shall furnish proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant, or, if the applicant is a corporation or partnership, that each officer or partner thereof has completed at least two years as a bail bond agent, as defined in sections 374.700 to 374.775, and that the applicant possesses liquid assets of at least ten thousand dollars, along with a duly executed assignment of ten thousand dollars to the state of Missouri, which assignment shall become effective upon the applicant's violating any provision of sections 374.700 to 374.775. The assignment required by this section shall be in the form, and executed in the manner, prescribed by the department.

374.763. 1. If any final judgment ordering forfeiture of a defendant's bond is not paid within the period of time ordered by the court, the court shall notify the department of the failure to satisfy such judgment. The director shall draw upon the assets of the surety, remit the sum to the court, and obtain a receipt of such sum from the court. The director may take action as provided by section 374.755 or 374.430, regarding the license of the surety and any bail bond agents writing upon the surety's liability.

2. The department shall furnish to the presiding judge of each circuit court of this state, on at least a monthly basis, a list of all duly licensed and qualified bail bond agents and general bail bond agents whose licenses are not subject to pending suspension or revocation proceedings, and who are not subject to unsatisfied bond forfeiture judgments. In lieu of such list, the department may provide this information to each presiding judge in an electronic format.

[429.090. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to endorse upon every account the date of its filing, and make an abstract thereof in a book by him to be kept for that purpose, and properly endorsed and indexed, containing the date of its filing, the name of the person seeking to enforce the lien, the amount claimed, the name of the person against whose property the lien is filed, and a description of the property charged with the same, for all which the clerk shall receive as full compensation the sum of five dollars from the person filing the account or seeking to enforce the lien, which shall be taxed and collected as other costs, in case there be an action thereon.]

429.090. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to endorse upon every account the date of its filing, and [make] maintain an abstract thereof [in a book by such clerk to be kept for that purpose, and properly endorsed and indexed], containing the date of its filing, the name of the person seeking to enforce the lien, the amount claimed, the name of the person against whose property the lien is filed, and a description of the property charged with the same.

[429.120. Whenever any debt, which is a lien upon any building or other improvement, shall be paid or satisfied, the creditor, if required, shall acknowledge such satisfaction upon the record or the margin thereof, in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, for which said clerk shall be allowed a fee of twenty-five cents.]

429.120. Whenever any debt, which is a lien upon any building or other improvement, shall be paid or satisfied, the creditor, if required, shall [acknowledge] file an acknowledgment of such satisfaction [upon the record or the margin thereof, in the office of] with the clerk of the circuit court.

429.470. It shall be the duty of the circuit clerk to endorse upon every account the date of its filing, and [make] maintain an abstract thereof [in a book by him to be kept for that purpose, and properly entered and indexed], containing the date of its filing, the name of the person seeking to enforce the lien, the amount claimed, and the name of the railroad against which the lien is filed; and it shall be the duty of circuit clerks in whose office such accounts and liens may be filed, within five days thereafter, to forward to the secretary of state a true copy of said accounts and liens and judgments rendered thereon by the circuit courts in which the case has been tried.

429.490. Whenever any debt, which is a lien upon any building or other improvement, shall be paid and satisfied, the creditor, if required, shall [acknowledge] file an acknowledgment of such satisfaction [upon the records or the margin thereof] with the clerk of the circuit court, which satisfaction shall be certified by the clerk to the secretary of state within ten days after the same has been entered upon the [margin of the judgment of record] records in his office; and the clerks of the circuit courts and the secretary of state shall receive as full compensation for services performed by them as is provided for under this chapter for mechanics' liens.

[452.345. 1. As used in sections 452.345 to 452.350, the term "IV-D case" shall mean a case in which support rights have been assigned to the state of Missouri pursuant to section 208.040, RSMo, or where the Missouri division of child support enforcement is providing support enforcement services pursuant to section 454.425, RSMo.

2. At any time the court, upon its own motion, may, or upon the motion of either party shall, order that maintenance or support payments be made to the circuit clerk as trustee for remittance to the person entitled to receive the payments. The circuit clerk shall remit such support payments to the person entitled to receive the payments within three working days of receipt by the circuit clerk. Circuit clerks shall deposit all receipts no later than the next working day after receipt. Payment by a nonguaranteed negotiable financial instrument occurs when the instrument has cleared the depository institution and has been credited to the trust account.

3. The circuit clerk shall maintain records listing the amount of payments, the date when payments are required to be made, and the names and addresses of the parties affected by the order. The circuit clerk shall charge ten dollars per year as costs for maintaining records, which fee shall be deducted from the first payment made each calendar year, that no fee shall be charged for maintaining records for any IV-D case. This fee shall be paid to county or city general revenue.

4. The parties affected by the order shall inform the circuit clerk of any change of address or of other conditions that may affect the administration of the order.

5. For any case except a IV-D case, if a party becomes delinquent in maintenance or support payments in an amount equal to one month's total support obligation, provisions of this subsection shall apply. If the circuit clerk has been appointed trustee under subsection 2 of this section, or if the person entitled to receive the payments files with the clerk an affidavit stating the particulars of the obligor's noncompliance, the circuit clerk shall send by regular mail notice of the delinquency to the obligor. This notice shall advise the obligor of the delinquency, shall state the amount of the obligation, and shall advise that the obligor's income is subject to withholding for repayment of the delinquency and for payment of current support, as provided in section 452.350. For such cases, the circuit clerk shall, in addition to the notice to the obligor, send by regular mail a notice to the obligee. This notice shall state the amount of the delinquency and shall advise the obligee that income withholding, pursuant to section 452.350, is available for collection of support delinquencies and current support, and if the support order includes amounts for child support, that support enforcement services, pursuant to section 454.425, RSMo, are available through the Missouri division of child support enforcement of the department of social services.]

452.345. 1. As used in sections 452.345 to 452.350, the term "IV-D case" shall mean a case in which support rights have been assigned to the state of Missouri pursuant to section 208.040, RSMo, or where the Missouri division of child support enforcement is providing support enforcement services pursuant to section 454.425, RSMo.

3. The circuit clerk shall maintain records listing the amount of payments, the date when payments are required to be made, and the names and addresses of the parties affected by the order.

4. The parties affected by the order shall inform the circuit clerk of any change of address or of other conditions that may affect the administration of the order.

5. For any case in which an order for support or maintenance was entered prior to January 1, 1994, which has not been modified subsequent to that date, except a IV-D case, if a party becomes delinquent in maintenance or support payments in an amount equal to one month's total support obligation, the provisions of this subsection shall apply. If the circuit clerk has been appointed trustee under subsection 2 of this section, or if the person entitled to receive the payments files with the clerk an affidavit stating the particulars of the obligor's noncompliance, the circuit clerk shall send by regular mail notice of the delinquency to the obligor. This notice shall advise the obligor of the delinquency, shall state the amount of the obligation, and shall advise that the obligor's income is subject to withholding for repayment of the delinquency and for payment of current support, as provided in section 452.350. For such cases, the circuit clerk shall, in addition to the notice to the obligor, send by regular mail a notice to the obligee. This notice shall state the amount of the delinquency and shall advise the obligee that income withholding, pursuant to section 452.350, is available for collection of support delinquencies and current support, and if the support order includes amounts for child support, that support enforcement services, pursuant to section 454.425, RSMo, are available through the Missouri division of child support enforcement of the department of social services.

476.010. The supreme court of the state of Missouri, the court of appeals and the circuit courts in this state shall be courts of record, and shall keep just and faithful records of their proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, municipal divisions of the circuit courts shall not be considered courts of record, regardless of whether or not a verbatim record of proceedings before the court is kept.

476.050. All writs, process, proceedings and records in any court [of record], and in all inferior tribunals established by law, shall be in the English language, except that the proper and known names of process and technical words may be expressed in the language heretofore and now commonly used, and shall be made [out on paper or parchment,] in a fair, legible character, in words at length, and not abbreviated; but such abbreviations as are now commonly used in the English language may be used, and numbers may be expressed by Arabic figures or Roman numerals, in the customary way. Such writs, processes, proceedings and records may be stored or maintained in electronic form or otherwise in a manner provided by supreme court rule.

[476.053. 1. In addition to all other costs provided by law, in all civil cases filed in the circuit courts of this state and in all criminal cases including violations of any municipal or county ordinance heard by an associate circuit judge or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, a fee of seven dollars shall be assessed as costs, except that, no such fee shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality on behalf of an indigent defendant.

2. The moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid to the director of revenue as provided in subsection 4 of section 483.550, RSMo. The director of revenue shall deposit all amounts collected pursuant to this section to the credit of the statewide court automation fund which is established in section 476.055.

3. The assessment of court costs authorized by this section shall apply to all cases filed on or after September 1, 1994.]

476.053. 1. In addition to all other court costs provided by law, in all civil cases filed in the circuit courts of this state and in all criminal cases including violations of any municipal or county ordinance heard by an associate circuit judge or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, a [surcharge] fee in an amount determined pursuant to sections 488.015 to 488.020, RSMo, shall be assessed as costs, except that, no such [surcharge] fee shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when a criminal proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county, or municipality.

2. The moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected and disbursed as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo. All such moneys shall be payable to the director of revenue, who shall deposit all amounts collected pursuant to this section to the credit of the statewide court automation fund which is established in section 476.055.

3. The assessment of court costs authorized by this section shall apply to all cases filed on or after September 1, 1994.

476.055. 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury the "Statewide Court Automation Fund". All moneys collected pursuant to section 476.053, as well as gifts, contributions, devises, bequests, and grants received relating to automation of judicial recordkeeping, and moneys received by the judicial system for the dissemination of information and sales of publications developed relating to automation of judicial recordkeeping, shall be credited to the fund. Moneys credited to this fund may only be used for the purposes set forth in this section and as appropriated by the general assembly. Any unexpended balance remaining in the statewide court automation fund at the end of each biennium shall not be subject to the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, requiring the transfer of such unexpended balance to general revenue; except that, any unexpended balance remaining in the fund on September 1, [2004] 2007, shall be transferred to general revenue.

2. The statewide court automation fund shall be administered by a court automation committee consisting of the following: the chief justice of the supreme court, a judge from the court of appeals, four circuit judges, four associate circuit judges, four employees of the circuit court, the commissioner of administration and two members of the Missouri Bar. The judge members and employee members shall be appointed by the chief justice. The commissioner of administration shall serve ex officio. The members of the Missouri Bar shall be appointed by the board of governors of the Missouri Bar. Any member of the committee may designate another person to serve on the committee in place of the committee member.

3. The committee shall develop and implement a plan for a statewide court automation system. The committee shall have the authority to hire consultants, review systems in other jurisdictions and purchase goods and services to administer the provisions of this section. The committee may implement one or more pilot projects in the state for the purposes of determining the feasibility of developing and implementing such plan. The members of the committee shall be reimbursed from the court automation fund for their actual expenses in performing their official duties on the committee.

4. Any purchase of computer software or computer hardware that exceeds five thousand dollars shall be made pursuant to the requirements of the office of administration for lowest and best bid. Such bids shall be subject to acceptance by the office of administration. The court automation committee shall determine the specifications for such bids.

5. The court automation committee shall not require any circuit court to change any operating system in such court, unless the committee provides all necessary personnel, funds and equipment necessary to effectuate the required changes. No judicial circuit or county may be reimbursed for any costs incurred pursuant to this subsection unless such judicial circuit or county has the approval of the court automation committee prior to incurring the specific cost.

6. Any court automation system, including any pilot project, shall be implemented, operated and maintained in accordance with strict standards for the security and privacy of confidential judicial records [in all courts]. Any person who knowingly releases information from a [closed] confidential judicial record is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Any person who, knowing that a judicial record is [closed] confidential, uses information from such [closed] confidential record for financial gain is guilty of a class D felony.

7. On the first day of February, May, August and November of each year, the court automation committee shall file a report on the progress of the statewide automation system with the joint legislative committee on court automation. Such committee shall consist of the following:

(1) The chair of the house budget committee;

(2) The chair of the senate appropriations committee;

(3) The chair of the house judiciary committee;

(4) The chair of the senate judiciary committee;

(5) One member of the minority party of the house appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and

(6) One member of the minority party of the senate appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate.

8. The members of the joint legislative committee shall be reimbursed from the court automation fund for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the joint legislative committee on court automation.

9. [Sections] Section 476.053 [and 476.055] shall expire on September 1, [1999.] 2004. The court automation committee established pursuant to this section may continue to function until completion of its duties prescribed by this section, but shall complete its duties prior to September 1, 2007.

10. This section shall expire on September 1, 2007.

476.056. 1. Any city, county, village or other municipality may provide for automation of its municipal court pursuant to subsection 3 of section 476.055, in the manner provided in this section. In order to make such provisions, such municipality must:

(1) Adopt an ordinance imposing the surcharge in the amount allowed, and payable in the manner provided, by section 476.053, and sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo;

(2) Enter into an agreement with the state courts administrator for automation of the municipality's court. Such agreement may provide for continuation of the surcharge for a minimum period of time, payable to the fund established by section 476.055, or a special fund established in the state treasury for such purpose upon expiration of section 476.055, for payment of a guaranteed minimum annual amount in the event that payment of such surcharges shall not offset the cost of the automation of the municipality's court; and such other terms as may be agreed on between the municipality and the state courts administrator.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 476.053, the payment of any surcharge provided by this section may continue for a period in excess of that allowed by section 476.053 for payment of surcharges in the circuit courts. The provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, shall not apply to any special fund established pursuant to this section.

476.057. 1. The state courts administrator shall determine the amount of the projected total collections of fees pursuant to section 488.015, RSMo, payable to the state pursuant to section 488.023, RSMo, or subdivision (4) of subsection 2 of section 488.018, RSMo; and the amount of such projected total collections of fees required to be deposited into the fund in order to maintain the fund required pursuant to subsection 2 of this section. The amount of fees payable for court cases may thereafter be adjusted pursuant to section 488.015, RSMo, as provided by said section. All proceeds of the adjusted fees shall thereupon be collected and deposited to the state general revenue fund as otherwise provided by law, subject to the transfer of a portion of such proceeds to the fund established pursuant to subsection 2 of this section.

2. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund for purposes of providing training and education for judicial personnel, including any clerical employees of each circuit court clerk. Moneys from collected fees shall be annually transferred by the state treasurer into the fund from the state general revenue fund in the amount of no more than two percent of the amount expended for personal service by state and local government entities for judicial personnel as determined by the state courts administrator pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. Any unexpended balance remaining in the fund at the end of each biennium shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the state general revenue fund, until the amount in the fund exceeds two percent of the amounts expended for personal service by state and local government for judicial personnel.

3. The state treasurer shall administer the fund and, pursuant to appropriations, shall disburse moneys from the fund to the state courts administrator in order to provide training and to purchase goods and services determined appropriate by the state courts administrator related to the training and education of judicial personnel. As used in this section, the term "judicial personnel" shall include court personnel as defined in section 476.058, and judges.

476.062. Subject to supreme court rule, district court of appeal rule and local circuit court rule, marshals of any court may carry firearms when necessary for the proper discharge of their duties. Such marshals shall have all powers granted law enforcement officers in this state to apprehend and arrest persons and which are necessary to ensure the proper security and functioning of the court employing such marshal.

476.083. 1. In addition to any appointments made pursuant to section 485.010, RSMo, the presiding judge of each circuit containing one or more facilities operated by the department of corrections with an average total inmate population in all such facilities in the circuit over the previous two years of more than two thousand five hundred inmates may appoint a circuit court marshal to aid the presiding judge in the administration of the judicial business of the circuit by overseeing the physical security of the courthouse, serving court-generated papers and orders, and assisting the judges of the circuit as the presiding judge determines appropriate. Such circuit court marshal appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge. The circuit court marshal authorized by this section is in addition to staff support from the circuit clerks, deputy circuit clerks, division clerks, municipal clerks, and any other staff personnel which may otherwise be provided by law.

2. The salary of a circuit court marshal shall be established by the presiding judge of the circuit within funds made available for that purpose, but such salary shall not exceed ninety percent of the salary of [any] the highest paid sheriff serving a county wholly or partially within that circuit. Personnel authorized by this section shall be paid from state funds or federal grant moneys which are available for that purpose and not from county funds.

3. Any person appointed as a circuit court marshal pursuant to this section shall have at least five years' prior experience as a law enforcement officer. In addition, any such person shall within one year after appointment, or as soon as practicable, attend a court security school or training program operated by the United States Marshall Service. In addition to all other powers and duties prescribed in this section, a circuit court marshal may:

(1) Serve process;

(2) Wear a concealable firearm, pursuant to a permit granted under section 571.090, RSMo; and

(3) Make an arrest based upon local court rules and state law, and as directed by the presiding judge of the circuit.

476.385. 1. The judges of the supreme court may appoint a committee consisting of at least seven associate circuit judges, who shall meet en banc and establish and maintain a schedule of fines to be paid for violations of chapters 252, 301, 302, 304, 306, 307 and 390, RSMo, with such fines increasing in proportion to the severity of the violation. The associate circuit judges of each county may meet en banc and adopt the schedule of fines and participation in the centralized bureau pursuant to this section. Notice of such adoption and participation shall be given in the manner provided by supreme court rule. Upon order of the supreme court, the associate circuit judges of each county may meet en banc and establish and maintain a schedule of fines to be paid for violations of municipal ordinances for cities, towns and villages electing to have violations of its municipal ordinances heard by associate circuit judges, pursuant to section 479.040, RSMo; and for traffic court divisions established pursuant to section 479.500, RSMo. The schedule of fines adopted for violations of municipal ordinances may be modified from time to time as the associate circuit judges of each county en banc deem advisable. No fine established pursuant to this subsection may exceed the maximum amount specified by statute for such violation.

2. In no event shall any schedule of fines adopted pursuant to this section include offenses involving the following:

(1) Any violation resulting in personal injury or property damage to another person;

(2) Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or under the influence of intoxicants or drugs;

(3) Operating a vehicle with a counterfeited, altered, suspended or revoked license;

(4) Fleeing or attempting to elude an officer.

3. There shall be a centralized bureau to be established by supreme court rule in order to accept pleas of not guilty or guilty and payments of fines and court costs for [violators] violations of [chapters 252, 301, 302, 304, 306, 307 and 390, RSMo] the laws and ordinances described in subsection 1 of this section, made pursuant to a schedule of fines established pursuant to this section. [Any person alleged to have committed a violation defined in the schedule of fines may plead not guilty or pay the established fine and any additional court costs for such violation.] The centralized bureau shall collect, with any plea of guilty and payment of a fine, all court costs which would have been collected by the court of the jurisdiction from which the violation originated.

4. If a person elects not to contest the alleged violation, the person shall send payment in the amount of the fine and any court costs established for the violation to the centralized bureau[, made]. Such payment shall be payable to the "central violations bureau", shall be made by mail or in any other manner established by the centralized bureau, and shall constitute a plea of guilty, waiver of trial and a conviction for purposes of section 302.302, RSMo, and for purposes of imposing any collateral consequence of a criminal conviction provided by law. [Such payment shall be considered to be a plea of nolo contendere to the alleged violation.] Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the prosecutor shall not be required to sign any information, ticket or indictment if disposition is made pursuant to this subsection. In the event that any payment is made pursuant to this section by credit card or similar method, the centralized bureau may charge an additional fee in order to reflect any transaction cost, surcharge or fee imposed on the recipient of the credit card payment by the credit card company.

5. If a person elects to plead not guilty, such person shall send the plea of not guilty to the centralized bureau. The bureau shall send such plea and request for trial to the prosecutor having original jurisdiction over the offense. [The] Any trial shall be conducted at the location designated by the court. The clerk of the court in which the case is to be heard shall notify in writing such person of the date certain for the [trial] disposition of such charges. The prosecutor shall not be required to sign any information, ticket or indictment until the commencement of any proceeding by the prosecutor with respect to the notice of violation.

6. In courts adopting a schedule of fines pursuant to this section, any person receiving a notice of violation pursuant to this section shall also receive written notification of the following:

(1) The fine and court costs established pursuant to this section for the violation;

(2) That the person must respond to the notice of violation by paying the prescribed fine and court costs, or pleading not guilty and appearing at trial, and that other legal penalties prescribed by law may attach for failure to appear and dispose of the violation. The supreme court may modify the suggested forms for uniform complaint and summons for use in courts adopting the procedures provided by this section, in order to accommodate such required written notifications.

7. Any moneys received in payment of fines and court costs pursuant to this section shall not be considered to be state funds, but shall be held in trust by the centralized bureau for benefit of those persons or entities entitled to receive such funds pursuant to this subsection. All amounts paid to the centralized bureau shall be maintained by the centralized bureau, invested in the manner required of the state treasurer for state funds by sections 30.240, 30.250, 30.260 and 30.270, RSMo, and disbursed as provided by the constitution and laws of this state, provided that all fees included within any court costs collected pursuant to this section except those fees collected pursuant to section 476.053 and section 488.200, RSMo, shall be payable to the state general revenue fund, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary. Any interest earned on such fund shall be payable to the director of the department of revenue for deposit into a revolving fund to be established pursuant to this subsection. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the revolving fund, and shall make disbursements, as allowed by lawful appropriations, only to the judicial branch of state government for goods and services related to the administration of the judicial system.

8. Any person who receives a notice of violation subject to this section who fails to dispose of such violation as provided by this section shall be guilty of failure to appear provided by section 544.665, RSMo; and may be subject to suspension of driving privileges in the manner provided by section 302.341, RSMo. The centralized bureau shall notify the appropriate prosecutor of any person who fails to either pay the prescribed fine and court costs, or plead not guilty and request a trial within the time allotted by this section, for purposes of application of section 544.665, RSMo. The centralized bureau shall also notify the department of revenue of any failure to appear subject to section 302.341, RSMo, and the department shall thereupon suspend the license of the driver in the manner provided by section 302.341, RSMo, as if notified by the court.

9. In addition to the remedies provided by subsection 8 of this section, the centralized bureau and the courts may use the remedies provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo, for the collection of court costs payable to courts, in order to collect fines and court costs for violations subject to this section.

477.600. 1. There is hereby created within the judicial department a "Judicial Finance Commission". The commission shall be composed of seven members appointed by the supreme court. At least one member of the commission shall be a member of a county governing body from a county of the third class, [a county of the second class and] one member of the commission shall be a member of the county governing body of a county of the first class [shall be members], and one member of the commission shall be a member of a county governing body from any class of county. The supreme court shall designate one member to serve as chairman and one member as vice chairman. The vice chairman shall preside in the absence of the chairman.

2. The members of the commission shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; except that of the initial members appointed, three shall serve for terms of one year, two shall serve for terms of two years and two shall serve for terms of three years, as designated by the court.

3. If a vacancy occurs the court shall appoint a replacement. The replacement shall serve the unexpired portion of the term and may be appointed to successive terms.

4. [The initial commission shall meet in Jefferson City within sixty days of the appointment of the members.] The commission shall promulgate rules of procedure which shall become effective upon approval by the supreme court. The supreme court may adopt such other rules as it deems appropriate to govern the procedures of the commission.

5. The commission shall:

(1) Examine the budget request of the circuit court upon the petition by the county governing body as provided in section 50.640, RSMo, or any budget or item in the budget estimated by the court including, but not limited to, compensation of deputy sheriffs and assistants, as set forth in section 57.250, RSMo;

(2) Issue a written opinion addressed to the presiding circuit judge and the presiding officer of the county. The opinion shall state the conclusions of the commission as to the reasonableness of the circuit court budget request. The opinion of the commission shall state clearly the reasons for its decision. Any member of the commission who disagrees with the commission's findings may file a minority report;

(3) Maintain accurate records of the cost and expenses of the judicial and law enforcement agencies for each county;

(4) Submit an annual report to the governor, general assembly, and supreme court on the finances of the judicial department. The report shall examine both the revenues of the department and the expenses of the department. The report shall separately report on the circuit, associate circuit, juvenile and municipal divisions of the circuit court of each county.

6. In discharging its responsibilities, the commission may:

(1) Conduct public hearings, take testimony, summon witnesses, and subpoena records and documents;

(2) Conduct surveys and collect data from county governments and the circuit courts on the operations of the judicial and law enforcement agencies in each county. The commission and its staff shall be granted access at any reasonable time to all books, records, and data the commission deems necessary for the administration of its duties;

(3) Within the limits of appropriations made for the purpose, appoint special committees, accept and expend grant funds, and employ consultants and others to assist the commission in its work.

7. Upon receipt of the written opinion of the commission or upon refusal of the commission to accept a petition for review, the circuit court or the county governing body may seek a review by the supreme court by filing a petition for review in the supreme court within thirty days of the receipt of the commission's opinion. If a petition for review is not filed in the supreme court, then the recommendation of the commission shall take effect notwithstanding the provisions of section 50.600, RSMo. If the commission refused to review a petition and no petition is filed in the supreme court, the circuit court budget is approved as submitted to the county governing body. The supreme court shall consider the petition for review de novo.

8. The commission shall meet as necessary at the call of the chairman or on written request of four members. Four members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Upon request of the chairman, the supreme court may appoint a temporary replacement for any commissioner who is unable to hear a case or who is disqualified from any case. No member of the commission shall participate in any proceeding involving the county or circuit where the member resides.

9. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed out of funds appropriated for this purpose for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

10. The clerk of the supreme court shall provide suitable staff for the commission out of any funds appropriated for this purpose. The commission may also employ court reporters as necessary to take testimony at hearings held pursuant to section 50.640, RSMo. The reporters shall be compensated at a rate established by the commission out of any funds appropriated for this purpose.

478.012. When the term "circuit court" is used in the statutes to refer to the location in which a case or proceeding may or shall be filed, that term shall mean any division of the circuit court in which the case or proceeding could be filed pursuant to other law or valid court rule.

478.466. 1. In the sixteenth judicial circuit consisting of the county of Jackson, a majority of the court en banc may appoint one person, who shall possess the same qualifications as an associate circuit judge, to act as drug court commissioner. The commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years. The compensation of the commissioner shall be the same as that of an associate circuit judge and, subject to appropriation from the county legislature of the county wherein such circuit is wholly located, [payable] reimbursed from proceeds from the county antidrug sales tax adopted pursuant to section 67.547, RSMo. The county wherein such circuit is wholly located shall pay to and reimburse the state for the actual costs of the salary and benefits of the drug commissioner appointed pursuant to this section. The retirement benefits of such commissioner shall be the same as those of an associate circuit judge, payable in the same manner and from the same source as those of an associate circuit judge. Subject to approval or rejection by a circuit judge, the commissioner shall have all the powers and duties of a circuit judge. A circuit judge shall by order of record reject or confirm any order, judgment and decree of the commissioner within the time the judge could set aside such order, judgment or decree had the same been made by him. If so confirmed, the order, judgment or decree shall have the same effect as if made by the judge on the date of its confirmation.

2. The court administrator of the sixteenth judicial circuit shall charge and collect a surcharge of thirty dollars in all proceedings assigned to the drug commissioner for disposition, provided that the surcharge shall not be charged in any proceeding when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. Moneys obtained from such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo, and payable to the drug commissioner for operation of the drug court.

[479.260. 1. Municipalities by ordinance may provide for court costs in an amount not to exceed twelve dollars per case for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal judge, and in the event a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, the judge may assess costs against the defendant except in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs. The costs authorized in this subsection are in addition to service costs, witness fees and jail costs that may otherwise be authorized to be assessed, but are in lieu of other court or judge costs or fees. Such costs shall be collected by the municipal clerk and disbursed as provided in subsection 1 of section 479.080.

2. In municipal ordinance violation cases which are filed before an associate circuit judge, court costs shall be assessed in the amount of fifteen dollars per case. In the event a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, the judge shall assess costs against the defendant except in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs. In the event a defendant is acquitted or the case is dismissed, the judge shall not assess costs against the municipality. The costs authorized in this subsection are in addition to service costs, witness fees and jail costs that may otherwise be authorized to be assessed, but are in lieu of other court costs. Such costs shall be collected by the division clerk or as provided by court rule and disbursed as provided in subsection 2 of section 479.080.

3. A municipality, when filing cases before an associate circuit judge, shall not be required to pay a filing fee.

4. No fees for a judge, city attorney or prosecutor shall be assessed as costs in a municipal ordinance violation case.

5. In municipal ordinance violation cases, when there is an application for a trial de novo, there shall be an additional fee of thirty dollars, which shall be assessed as court costs in the same manner as provided in subsection 2 of this section.

6. Municipalities by ordinance may provide for a schedule of costs to be paid in connection with pleas of guilty which are processed in a traffic violations bureau. If a municipality files its municipal ordinance violation cases before a municipal judge, such costs shall not exceed the court costs authorized by subsection 1 of this section. If a municipality files its municipal ordinance violations cases before an associate circuit judge, such costs shall not exceed the court costs authorized by subsection 2 of this section.]

479.260. 1. Municipalities by ordinance may provide for fees in an amount per case to be set pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo, for each municipal ordinance violation case filed before a municipal judge, and in the event a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, the judge may assess costs against the defendant except in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs. The fees authorized in this subsection are in addition to service charges, witness fees and jail costs that may otherwise be authorized to be assessed, but are in lieu of other court costs. The fees provided by this subsection shall be collected by the municipal division clerk in municipalities electing or required to have violations of municipal ordinances tried before a municipal judge pursuant to section 479.020, or to employ judicial personnel pursuant to section 479.060, and disbursed as provided in subsection 1 of section 479.080. Any other court costs required in connection with such cases shall be collected and disbursed as provided in sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo.

2. In municipal ordinance violation cases which are filed [before an] in the associate circuit [judge] division of the circuit court, fees shall be assessed in each case in an amount to be set pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo. In the event a defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, the judge shall assess costs against the defendant except in those cases where the defendant is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs. In the event a defendant is acquitted or the case is dismissed, the judge shall not assess costs against the municipality. The costs authorized in this subsection are in addition to service charges, witness fees and jail costs that may otherwise be authorized to be assessed, but are in lieu of other court costs. The costs provided by this subsection shall be collected by the municipal division clerk in municipalities electing or required to have violations of municipal ordinances tried before a municipal judge pursuant to section 479.020, or to employ judicial personnel pursuant to section 479.060, and disbursed as provided in subsection 2 of section 479.080. Any other court costs required in connection with such cases shall be collected and disbursed as provided in sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo.

3. A municipality, when filing cases before an associate circuit judge, shall not be required to pay fees.

4. No fees for a judge, city attorney or prosecutor shall be assessed as costs in a municipal ordinance violation case.

5. In municipal ordinance violation cases, when there is an application for a trial de novo, there shall be an additional fee in an amount to be set pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020, RSMo, which shall be assessed in the same manner as provided in subsection 2 of this section.

6. Municipalities by ordinance may provide for a schedule of costs to be paid in connection with pleas of guilty which are processed in a traffic violations bureau. If a municipality files its municipal ordinance violation cases before a municipal judge, such costs shall not exceed the court costs authorized by subsection 1 of this section. If a municipality files its municipal ordinance violations cases [before an] in the associate circuit [judge] division of the circuit court, such costs shall not exceed the court costs authorized by subsection 2 of this section.

488.015. The court shall not increase the amount of miscellaneous charges or surcharges allowed by law. [The state courts administrator shall determine the total amount of money actually collected for each type of court cost, fee, charge or surcharge for the preceding year.] The amounts of fees payable to the state of Missouri may be annually adjusted as provided in section 488.012 to the extent that projected total collections for all such fees shall not exceed one hundred four percent of such fees assessed or assessable during the previous year less the amount of such assessed fees attributable to any increase in the judiciary's caseload, provided that the amount of the adjusted fee attributable to each case may be rounded to the nearest dollar. The supreme court may annually adjust each cost, fee, charge or surcharge so that projected total collections for that cost, fee, charge or surcharge will total an amount not to exceed one hundred four percent of the previous year's collections for that cost, fee, charge or surcharge, provided that the adjusted cost, fee, charge or surcharge shall be rounded to the nearest ten cents. In the event that the total collections for any cost, fee, charge or surcharge exceeds one hundred four percent of the previous year's collections, the supreme court shall reduce such cost, fee, charge or surcharge so that the projected total collections for the coming year shall be decreased by the amount of excess in the preceding year. The supreme court rule may provide that in the event that any payment of court costs is made in time or installment payments or by credit card or similar method, the clerk may charge an additional fee for such time or installment payments or in order to reflect any transaction cost, surcharge or fee imposed on the recipient of the credit card payment by the credit card company. Any change in the amount of fees made by the court pursuant to this section shall take effect on July first of any particular year, provided that the proposed supreme court rule or amendment to a supreme court rule changing the amount of fees shall be published on or before January first of the year in which the rule or amendment is proposed to take effect. Any such rule may be annulled or amended in whole or part in the manner provided by section 5 of article V of the Constitution of the state of Missouri. Any changes in the amount of fees made by the court pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020 shall be [subject to review by the joint committee on administrative rules, pursuant to section 536.024, RSMo. The supreme court's authority to change the amount of fees shall not be severable from the provision stipulating the review power of the joint committee on administrative rules] presented to the general assembly on or before January first of the year in which the rule or amendment is proposed to take effect.

488.020. Except as otherwise provided by law, all court costs are payable prior to the time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such court cost cannot be readily determined, then the clerk shall collect a deposit based upon the likely amount of such court cost, and the balance of such court cost shall be payable immediately upon ascertainment of the proper amount of said court cost. An official may refuse to perform any service in any action or proceeding, other than a criminal proceeding or when costs are waived as provided by law, until the court costs are paid. Failure to collect the court cost shall not affect the validity of the court cost or service. The supreme court may provide by rule for imposition of interest on any court costs not paid within thirty days of when due. If any court cost is not paid when due, the following actions may be taken:

(1) Upon notification by the court or clerk to the party from whom the court cost is due or such party's attorney, and upon the failure to pay the court cost after such notice, the court may dismiss the action or any claim by the defaulting party which is part of the action, without prejudice to the party;

(2) The court may refuse to enter any order or judgment in favor of the defaulting party, or if within the time period allowed by law before the order or judgment is final, may withdraw such order or judgment;

(3) Upon notification to the party from whom the court cost is due, and upon failure to pay the fee after such notice, the court may inform the office of administration of any delinquencies in excess of twenty-five dollars. Upon receiving such notice, and without further notice by the office of administration to the defaulting party, the office of administration shall deduct the amount of unpaid court costs from any payment by the state [check due] to the defaulting party under any provision of law. The office of administration shall transmit the amount set off to the court, and shall send the excess amount to the payee, with a notice that the remainder of the refund was transmitted to the court in satisfaction of all or part of the unpaid court costs. The office of administration and its officials and employees shall not be liable to any person for any action taken in accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. Any proceeding contesting any action taken by a court or the office of administration pursuant to this subdivision shall be brought in the court which certified such unpaid fees to the office of administration, and shall be deemed ancillary to the proceeding for which such unpaid fees were assessed. No appearance, responsive pleading or discovery shall be due from the office of administration in such proceeding except upon order of the court;

(4) Upon notification to the party from whom the fee is due, a failure to pay the fee after such notice, and a showing of the party's ability to pay the fee, the court [shall] may hold the party in contempt.

488.023. 1. Until the effective date of the rule provided by section 488.018, the fees collected by clerks in all divisions of the circuit courts other than the municipal courts, pursuant to subdivisions (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), and subdivision (6) except the twelve- dollar fee referenced therein, of subsection 3 of section 488.012, shall be paid over by the clerk collecting any such fee within thirty days of the date of the collection of such fee, as follows:

(1) Eighty percent of such fees shall be paid to the director of revenue, to be deposited to the general revenue fund;

(2) Twenty percent of such fees shall be paid into the county treasury, or in the case of the city of St. Louis, into the city treasury.

2. This section shall expire and be of no force and effect on and after July 1, 2000.

488.200. On and after July 1, 1999, there shall be assessed as a fee in any case disposed of by the centralized bureau established pursuant to section 476.385, RSMo, an amount determined pursuant to section 488.012; provided that such fee shall not be assessed in proceedings when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. One-half of the proceeds of this fee fund shall be payable to the director of the department of revenue for deposit into a revolving fund to be established pursuant to this section, and one-half the proceeds of this fee shall be paid to the treasuries of the various counties in which the associate circuit judges have elected to participate in the centralized bureau established pursuant to section 476.385, RSMo, to be distributed to each county in the proportions as the number of violations originating within the county bear to the total number of violations processed by the centralized bureau, on an annual basis. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the revolving fund, and shall make disbursements, as allowed by lawful appropriations, only to the judicial branch of state government for goods and services related to the administration and operation of the centralized bureau.

509.030. Every pleading of a party represented by an attorney shall be [signed by] attributed to at least one attorney of record in his individual name, whose address shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney shall [sign] affix his name to his pleading and state his address. Except when otherwise specifically provided by rule or statute, pleadings need not be verified or accompanied by affidavit. Pleadings shall be attributed to a party or attorney or signed in the manner provided by supreme court rule. Any statutory requirement that pleadings be signed by any person shall be satisfied by compliance with such rules. Any statutory requirement that pleadings be acknowledged under oath, verified or notarized may be satisfied by a declaration that the pleading is made under penalty of perjury.

511.500. No judgment hereafter rendered by any court shall be a lien on real estate situate in such counties or city not within a county, until an abstract of the judgment shall be entered in a [bound book which may be a printed computer] record prepared and maintained in the manner prescribed by supreme court rule which shall be available for public inspection[, to be kept by] in the office of the circuit clerk [of the circuit court having jurisdiction of civil causes within a county or a city not within a county], and which shall state [by consecutively numbered entries in columns]: [First,] the names of the parties; [second,] the date of the judgment; [third,] the nature of the judgment or decree; [fourth,] the amount of the debt, damages and costs; [fifth, the book and page in which it is entered; sixth,] and the satisfaction or other disposition thereof, with [the] any necessary [space for] notes thereon. The liens of all judgments entered in such [bound book or computerized] record, as provided in this section, shall have priority according to the sequence of and from the time of its respective entry into the [bound book or computerized] record, such time being deemed within the period of time in which the abstract thereof should be furnished to or provided by the circuit clerk [of such circuit court under] pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

[511.510. It shall be the duty of each of the clerks of all courts of record in such city or county within five days after the rendition of any final judgment in their respective courts, to furnish an abstract thereof, as provided in section 511.500, to the clerk of such circuit court, who shall immediately upon the same day, enter the same on his abstract in the bound book or computerized record as required in section 511.500; and it shall be the duty of the clerk or clerks of the circuit courts in such counties, within five days after the rendition of any final judgment in their respective courts to prepare and enter such abstract in the bound book or computerized record as required in section 511.500; and each of such clerks shall immediately enter the same when the abstract aforesaid shall be furnished to him by any party interested, or his agent; and each of the clerks and their sureties shall be respectively liable for any damage occasioned by any neglect to perform the duties hereby required of them respectively, and they shall each receive a fee of twenty-five cents for each judgment so abstracted for his services in relation thereto, which shall be taxed and collected as other costs in the case; and it is further provided, that whenever any personal representative, guardian or conservator, or any party interested, or his agent, shall exhibit to the clerk of the circuit court wherein such judgment may be recorded a receipt or certificate of the proper officer, stating that such judgment has been duly satisfied, then the clerk of such circuit court shall, without further fee, enter satisfaction of such judgment in his office in the bound book or computerized record as required in section 511.500; provided, however, that nothing in section 511.500 and this section shall increase, decrease or affect or be construed to increase, decrease or affect the salaries or compensation now paid to or received by any of the clerks of courts of record in any county of this state having over sixty thousand inhabitants.]

511.510. It shall be the duty of each of the circuit clerks [of the circuit divisions], within five days after the rendition of any final judgment in their respective courts, to [furnish an abstract thereof, as provided in section 511.500, to the clerk of such circuit court, who shall immediately upon the same day,] enter [the same on such clerk's] an abstract of such judgment in the [bound book or computerized] record as required in section 511.500; [and it shall be the duty of the clerk or clerks of the circuit courts in such counties, within five days after the rendition of any final judgment in their respective courts to prepare and enter such abstract in the bound book or computerized record as required in section 511.500;] and each [of such clerks] circuit clerk shall immediately enter the same when the abstract aforesaid shall be furnished to such clerk by any party interested, or such party's agent; and each of the clerks and their sureties shall be respectively liable for any damage occasioned by any neglect to perform the duties hereby required of them respectively; and it is further provided, that whenever any personal representative, guardian or conservator, or any party interested, or such party's agent, shall exhibit to the circuit clerk of the circuit court wherein such judgment may be recorded a receipt or certificate of the proper officer, stating that such judgment has been duly satisfied, then the circuit clerk [of such circuit court] shall, without further fee, enter satisfaction of such judgment in such clerk's office in the [bound book or computerized] record as required in section 511.500.

512.050. When an appeal is permitted by law from a trial court and within the time prescribed, a party or his agent may appeal from a judgment or order by filing with the clerk of the trial court a notice of appeal. No such appeal shall be effective unless the notice of appeal shall be filed not later than ten days after the judgment or order appealed from becomes final [and]. All charges due to the court reporter for preparation of the transcript of the record of the trial court [are] shall be paid within ten days of the [filing of the notice of appeal.] written notification by the court reporter of the amount of such estimated charges. The court reporter shall provide such written notification within ten days of any request for transcript. In the event that actual charges due for the preparation of the transcript cannot be readily determined, a deposit in the amount of the estimated charges due for preparation of the transcript shall be paid within ten days of the [filing of the notice of appeal] ordering of the transcript. After a timely filing of such notice of appeal, failure of the appellant to take any of the further steps to secure the review of the judgment or order appealed from does not affect the validity of the appeal, but is ground for such action as the appellate court deems appropriate, which may include dismissal of the appeal. [The docket fee of ten dollars in the appellate court shall be deposited with the clerk of the trial court at the time of filing the notice of appeal.]

513.045. The clerk shall, before delivering any execution issued by [him] the clerk, endorse thereon the debt, damages and costs, or damages and costs, to be recovered, and shall [keep] maintain in his office [a well-bound book] record, and enter therein an abstract of all executions issued out of his office, showing the date, the names of the parties, amount of debt, damages and costs, or damages and costs to what officer directed, when made returnable, the return, if any, and a reference to the [book and page] location of the record wherein the judgment or decree whereon such execution issued is entered; and every such clerk shall, moreover, keep a regular index to such abstract of executions, indexed or arranged alphabetically, both by the name of the plaintiff and defendant therein.

543.335. In any case tried with a jury before an associate circuit judge or on assignment under procedures applicable before circuit judges, or in any misdemeanor case or county ordinance violation case, a record shall be kept and any person aggrieved by a judgment rendered in any such case may have an appeal upon that record to the appropriate appellate court. At the discretion of the judge, but in compliance with the rules of the supreme court, the record may be a stenographic record or one made by the utilization of electronic, magnetic, or mechanical sound or video recording devices. Whenever an appeal is taken in a case recorded by means other than a court reporter, the clerk of the court or division in control thereof shall forward the tape or record or whatever device used therefor to the clerk of the supreme court or to the clerk of the court of appeals wherein the appeal is lodged. The supreme court and the courts of appeals [shall] may arrange for the written transcript of the testimony so preserved [under] pursuant to rules and procedures promulgated by the supreme court.

545.040. Every indictment must be [signed by] attributed to the prosecuting attorney, and when the grand jury return any indictment into the court the judge must examine it, and if the foreman has neglected to endorse it "a true bill", with his name [signed] affixed thereto, or if the prosecuting attorney has not [signed it] affixed his or her name to the indictment, the court must cause the foreman to [endorse] affix his or her name or the prosecuting attorney to [sign it] affix his or her name, as the case may require[, in the presence of the jury].

545.050. 1. No indictment for any trespass against the person or property of another, not amounting to a felony, except for petit larceny, and no indictment for the disturbance of the peace of a person, or for libel or slander, shall be preferred unless the name of a prosecutor is [endorsed as such thereon] affixed thereto, thus: "A B, prosecutor", except where the same is preferred upon the information and testimony of one or more grand jurors, or of some public officer in the necessary discharge of his duty.

2. If the defendant be acquitted or the prosecution fails, judgment shall be entered against such prosecutor for the costs.

545.060. The name of the prosecutor must be [endorsed as such by himself] affixed to such indictment; but no indictment shall be quashed for the want of [such endorsement] affixing such name, if the same shall be made before the motion to quash is disposed of, and in no case shall the judgment be arrested or the trial discontinued after it has been commenced, for the want of such endorsement.

545.070. When an indictment is found by the grand jury, the names of all the material witnesses must be [endorsed upon] affixed to the indictment; other witnesses may be subpoenaed or sworn by the state, but no continuance shall be granted to the state on account of the absence of any witness whose name is not [thus endorsed on] affixed to the indictment, unless upon the affidavit of the prosecuting attorney showing good cause for such continuance.

545.240. Informations may be filed by the prosecuting attorney as informant during term time, or with the clerk in vacation, of the court having jurisdiction of the offense specified therein. All informations shall [be signed by] state the name of the prosecuting attorney and be verified by his oath or by the oath of some person competent to testify as a witness in the case, or be supported by the affidavit of such person, which shall be filed with the information; the verification by the prosecuting attorney may be upon information and belief; all in the manner provided by supreme court rule. The names of the witnesses for the prosecution must be [endorsed on] affixed to the information, in like manner and subject to the same restrictions as required in case of indictments.

545.270. An information filed in writing and as allowed by supreme court rule may be in the following form:

The State of Missouri )

against ) In the .......... court.

A..... B..... . )

C M, prosecuting attorney within and for the county of ...., in the state of Missouri, informs the court that A B, on the .... day of ...., A.D. 19.., at the said county of ...., did then and there .... (here set out the offense as in an indictment).

C M, prosecuting attorney.

C M, prosecuting attorney (or E F, as the case may be), makes oath and says that the facts stated in the foregoing information are true, according to his best information and belief.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this .... day of ...., A.D. 19.. .

G H (style of office).

545.930. Pleadings in criminal cases shall be attributed to a party or attorney or signed in the manner provided by supreme court rule. Any statutory requirement that pleadings be signed by any person shall be satisfied by compliance with such rules.

[559.027. A probation revocation hearing is an independent proceeding, and not a continuation of the plea bargain proceedings or trial.]

559.029. Any criminal case under probation supervision may be transferred to another judge in the circuit [with the concurrence of both judges] in the manner provided by local circuit rule.

577.051. 1. A record of the final disposition in any court proceeding involving a violation of any of the provisions of sections 577.005 to 577.023, or violation of county or municipal ordinances involving alcohol- or drug-related driving offenses, pleas of guilty, findings of guilty, suspended imposition of sentence, suspended execution of sentence, probation, conditional sentences and sentences of confinement shall be forwarded to the Missouri state highway patrol, or at the written direction of the Missouri state highway patrol, to the department of revenue, within fifteen days by the clerk of the court in which the proceeding was held and shall be entered by the highway patrol or department of revenue in the Missouri uniform law enforcement system records. The record forwarded by the clerk shall clearly show the court, the court case number, the name, address, and motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license number of the person who is the subject of the proceeding, the code or number identifying the particular arrest, and any court action or requirements pertaining thereto.

2. All records received by the Missouri state highway patrol or the department of revenue under the provisions of this section shall be entered in the Missouri uniform law enforcement system records and maintained by the Missouri state highway patrol. Records placed in the Missouri uniform law enforcement system under the provisions of this section shall be made available to any law enforcement officer in this state, any prosecuting or circuit attorney in this state, or to any judge of a municipal or state court upon request.

3. Any person required by this section to furnish records to the Missouri state highway patrol or department of revenue who willfully refuses to furnish such records shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

4. Records required to be filed with the Missouri state highway patrol or the department of revenue under the provisions of sections 302.225, RSMo, and 577.001 to 577.051 shall be filed beginning July 1, 1983, and no penalties for nonfiling of records shall be applied prior to July 1, 1983.

5. Forms and procedures for filing of records with the Missouri state highway patrol or department of revenue as required in this chapter shall be promulgated by the director of the department of public safety or department of revenue, as applicable, and approved by the Missouri supreme court.

6. All recordkeeping procedures required under the provisions of sections 577.005 to 577.023 shall be in accordance with this section, chapter 610, RSMo, to the contrary notwithstanding.

[7. Rules governing the collection, storage, dissemination, closure, sealing, and expunging of all such records filed with the Missouri state highway patrol under the provisions of sections 302.225, RSMo, and 577.001 to 577.051 shall be prepared by the department of public safety and issued in accordance with the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, prior to August 13, 1982. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024, RSMo.]

[595.045. 1. There is established in the state treasury the "Crime Victims' Compensation Fund". A surcharge of five dollars shall be assessed 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 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. The moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with section 483.545, RSMo, and subsection 4 of section 483.550, RSMo, and shall be payable to the director of the department of revenue. The director of revenue shall deposit annually the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the state forensic laboratory account administered by the department of public safety to provide financial assistance to defray expenses of crime laboratories if such analytical laboratories are registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency or the Missouri department of health. Subject to appropriations made therefor, such funds shall be distributed by the department of public safety to the crime laboratories serving the courts of this state making analysis of a controlled substance or analysis of blood, breath or urine in relation to a court proceeding.

3. The remaining funds collected under subsection 1 of this section shall be subject to the following provisions:

(1) On the first of every month, the director of revenue or the director's designee shall determine the balance of the funds in the crime victims' compensation fund available to satisfy the amount of compensation payable pursuant to sections 595.010 to 595.075, excluding sections 595.050 and 595.055;

(2) Beginning on October 1, 1996, and on the first of each month, if the balance of the funds available exceeds one million dollars plus one hundred percent of the previous twelve months' actual expenditures, excluding the immediate past calendar month's expenditures, paid pursuant to sections 595.010 to 595.075, excluding sections 595.050 and 595.055, then the director of revenue or the director's designee shall deposit fifty percent to the credit of the crime victims' compensation fund and fifty percent to the services to victims' fund established in section 595.100;

(3) Beginning on October 1, 1996, and on the first of each month, if the balance of the funds available is less than one million dollars plus one hundred percent of the previous twelve months' actual expenditures, excluding the immediate past calendar month's expenditures, paid pursuant to sections 595.010 to 595.075, excluding sections 595.050 and 595.055, then the director of revenue or the director's designee shall deposit seventy-five percent to the credit of the crime victims' compensation fund and twenty-five percent to the services to victims' fund established in section 595.100.

4. The director of revenue or his designee shall report monthly the moneys paid pursuant to this section into the crime victims' compensation fund and the services to victims fund to the division of workers' compensation and the department of public safety, respectively.

5. The moneys collected by clerks of municipal courts pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be five percent of such moneys and shall be payable monthly to the city treasury of the city from which such funds were collected. The remaining ninety-five percent of such moneys shall be payable monthly to the director of revenue. The funds received by the director of revenue under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be subject to the following provisions:

6. These funds shall be subject to a biennial audit by the Missouri state auditor and such audit shall include all records associated with crime victims' compensation matters at all levels of the court administration and throughout any state agency.

7. In addition to the moneys collected under subsection 1 of this section, the court shall enter a judgment in favor of the state of Missouri, payable monthly to the crime victims' compensation fund, of sixty-eight dollars if the conviction is for a class A or B felony; forty-six dollars if the conviction is for a class C or D felony; and ten dollars if the conviction is for any misdemeanor under the following Missouri laws:

(1) Chapter 195, RSMo, relating to drug regulations;

(2) Chapter 311, RSMo, but relating only to felony violations of this chapter committed by persons not duly licensed by the supervisor of liquor control;

(3) Chapter 491, RSMo, relating to witnesses;

(4) Chapter 565, RSMo, relating to offenses against the person;

(5) Chapter 566, RSMo, relating to sexual offenses;

(6) Chapter 567, RSMo, relating to prostitution;

(7) Chapter 568, RSMo, relating to offenses against the family;

(8) Chapter 569, RSMo, relating to robbery, arson, burglary and related offenses;

(9) Chapter 570, RSMo, relating to stealing and related offenses;

(10) Chapter 571, RSMo, relating to weapons offenses;

(11) Chapter 572, RSMo, relating to gambling;

(12) Chapter 573, RSMo, relating to pornography and related offenses;

(13) Chapter 574, RSMo, relating to offenses against public order;

(14) Chapter 575, RSMo, relating to offenses against the administration of justice;

(15) Chapter 577, RSMo, relating to public safety offenses, except that no such moneys shall be collected for any violation of section 577.070, 577.076, 577.080, 577.090, 577.100, 577.105 or 577.150, RSMo.

The clerk of the court processing such funds shall pay over, at least monthly, the moneys collected as crime victims' compensation judgments to the state treasury. Such funds shall be deposited monthly to the credit of the crime victims' compensation fund.

8. The clerk of the court processing such funds shall maintain records of all dispositions described in subsection 1 of this section and all dispositions where a judgment has been entered against a defendant in favor of the state of Missouri in accordance with this section; all payments made on judgments for alcohol-related traffic offenses; and any judgment or portion of a judgment entered but not collected. These records shall be subject to audit by the state auditor. The clerk of each court transmitting such funds shall report separately the amount of dollars collected on judgments entered for alcohol-related traffic offenses from other crime victims' compensation collections or services to victims collections.

9. The clerks of the court shall report all delinquent payments to the department of revenue by October first of each year for the preceding fiscal year, and such sums may be withheld pursuant to subsection 13 of this section.

10. The department of revenue shall maintain records of funds transmitted to the crime victims' compensation fund by each reporting court and collections pursuant to subsection 16 of this section and shall maintain separate records of collection for alcohol-related offenses.

11. The state courts administrator shall include in the annual report required by section 476.350, RSMo, the circuit court caseloads and the number of crime victims' compensation judgments entered.

12. All awards made to injured victims under sections 595.010 to 595.105 and all appropriations for administration of sections 595.010 to 595.105, except sections 595.050 and 595.055, shall be made from the crime victims' compensation fund. Any unexpended balance remaining in the crime victims' compensation fund at the end of each biennium shall not be subject to the provision of section 33.080, RSMo, requiring the transfer of such unexpended balance to the ordinary revenue fund of the state, but shall remain in the crime victims' compensation fund. In the event that there are insufficient funds in the crime victims' compensation fund to pay all claims in full, all claims shall be paid on a pro rata basis. If there are no funds in the crime victims' compensation fund, then no claim shall be paid until funds have again accumulated in the crime victims' compensation fund. When sufficient funds become available from the fund, awards which have not been paid shall be paid in chronological order with the oldest paid first. In the event an award was to be paid in installments and some remaining installments have not been paid due to a lack of funds, then when funds do become available that award shall be paid in full. All such awards on which installments remain due shall be paid in full in chronological order before any other postdated award shall be paid. Any award hereunder is specifically not a claim against the state, if it cannot be paid due to a lack of funds in the crime victims' compensation fund.

13. When judgment is entered against a defendant as provided in this section and such sum, or any part thereof, remains unpaid, there shall be withheld from any disbursement, payment, benefit, compensation, salary, or other transfer of money from the state of Missouri to such defendant an amount equal to the unpaid amount of such judgment. Such amount shall be paid forthwith to the crime victims' compensation fund and satisfaction of such judgment shall be entered on the court record. Under no circumstances shall the general revenue fund be used to reimburse court costs or pay for such judgment. The director of the department of corrections shall have the authority to pay into the crime victims' compensation fund from an offender's compensation or account the amount owed by the offender to the crime victims' compensation fund, provided that the offender has failed to pay the amount owed to the fund prior to entering a correctional facility of the department of corrections.

14. All interest earned as a result of investing funds in the crime victims' compensation fund shall be paid into the crime victims' compensation fund and not into the general revenue of this state.

15. Any person who knowingly makes a fraudulent claim or false statement in connection with any claim hereunder is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

16. Any gifts, contributions, grants or federal funds specifically given to the division for the benefit of victims of crime shall be credited to the crime victims' compensation fund.]

Section B. In order to promptly correct ambiguities in current law and in order to ensure the accurate collection of moneys in judicial proceedings, the enactment of section 488.023, the repeal of sections 57.290, 67.133, 429.090, 429.120, 452.345, 476.053, 479.260 and 511.510, as both versions of such sections appear in RSMo Supp. 1996, the repeal and reenactment of sections 57.290, 67.133, 429.090, 429.120, 452.345, 476.053, 477.010, 479.260 and 511.510, RSMo, as amended in this act, and the repeal of section 595.045, RSMo, contained in house committee substitute for senate bill no. 769, truly agreed to and finally passed by the second regular session of the eighty-eighth general assembly, as such sections are amended herein, are deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and are hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and shall be in full force and effect on July 1, 1997, or upon its passage and approval, whichever occurs later.