MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) White (5th)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF PRENTISS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AND THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL COURT COSTS IN CERTAIN CASES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM OR SIMILAR PROGRAM IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Prentiss County, Mississippi, in its discretion, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may require the imposition of the following additional court costs in the justice, county and circuit courts situated within the county:

(a) Upon each person convicted under the Controlled Substances Law or under the Mississippi Implied Consent Law, the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

(b) Upon all moving traffic violations, the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00).

(2) The resolution adopted by the board of supervisors shall include a statement of the board's intent to impose the additional court costs, the purpose therefor and the date on which the courts will begin to impose the additional court costs.

(3) The avails of any additional court costs imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be used exclusively to fund the implementation of a Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program or similar program designed to deter the abuse of drugs in the county school district and the Booneville Municipal Separate School District. If the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program or similar program described in this subsection shall cease to function, the board of supervisors shall stop the imposition of the additional court costs authorized to be imposed by this section.

(4) Upon the adoption of the resolution stating its intent to impose the additional court costs, the board of supervisors shall provide for the creation of a special county fund in which all court costs collected under subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited. Monies in the special fund shall be used for the sole purpose of defraying the cost of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program or similar program.

(5) The clerks of the respective courts shall deposit and account for the additional court costs collected under subsection (1) of this section in the same manner as fines collected in those courts.

SECTION 2. (1) The governing authorities of Booneville, Mississippi, in their discretion, by resolution duly adopted and entered on its minutes, may require the imposition of the following additional court costs in its municipal court:

(a) Upon each person convicted under the Controlled Substances Law or the Mississippi Implied Consent Law, the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

(b) Upon all moving traffic violations, the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00).

(2) The resolution adopted by the governing authorities shall include a statement of the board's intent to impose the additional court costs, the purpose therefor and the date on which the municipal court will begin to impose the additional court costs.

(3) The avails of any additional court costs imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be used exclusively to fund the implementation of a Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program or similar program designed to deter the abuse of drugs in the county school district and the Booneville Municipal Separate School District. If the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program or similar program described in this subsection shall cease to function, the governing authorities shall stop the imposition of the additional court costs authorized to be imposed by this section.

(4) Upon the adoption of the resolution stating their intent to impose the additional court costs, the governing authorities shall provide for the creation of a special county fund in which all court costs collected under subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited. Monies in the special fund shall be used for the sole purpose of defraying the cost of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program or similar program.

(5) The clerk of the municipal court shall deposit and account for the additional court costs collected under subsection (1) of this section in the same manner as fines collected in those courts.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.