Section 71-0211. Disposition of fees and penalties  


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  • 1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of law to the contrary, all
      fines and  penalties  collected  pursuant  to  title  nineteen  of  this
      article,  except  amounts required to be paid into the conservation fund
      pursuant to subdivision two of section  71-1929  of  such  title;  title
      twenty-one  of  this article; title twenty-seven of this article, except
      amounts required to be paid  into  the  hazardous  waste  remedial  fund
      pursuant  to subdivision two of section 71-2725 of such title; and title
      forty-one of this article shall be paid into the  general  fund  to  the
      credit of the state purposes account.
        2. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, not later than the tenth
      day  of  each  month, all fines, penalties and forfeitures collected for
      violations  of  this  chapter  or  rules,  regulations,  local  laws  or
      ordinances  adopted  thereunder  under  judgment  of any town or village
      court, shall be paid over by such court to the comptroller of the state,
      with a statement accompanying the same,  setting  forth  the  action  or
      proceeding  in  which such moneys were collected, the name and residence
      of the defendant, the nature of the offense, and the fines  and  penalty
      imposed.  The comptroller shall pay these funds into the general fund of
      the state.
        All fines and penalties collected for violations of  this  chapter  by
      courts  operating  pursuant  to section thirty-nine of the judiciary law
      shall be paid to the state commissioner of taxation  and  finance  on  a
      monthly  basis  no later than ten days after the last day of each month.
      All such fines and penalties shall be the property of the state.