MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                2389

WAIVES OF PREPAYMENT OF FILING FEES AND OTHER COSTS IN
CASES OF INDIGENCY.

7-302.

(A)    EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C),
THE CLERKS OF THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL:

(1)    COLLECT COSTS, FINES, FORFEITURES, OR
PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE COURT; AND

(2)    REMIT THEM TO THE STATE UNDER A SYSTEM AGREED
UPON BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE
COMPTROLLER.

(B)    IF A PARKING OR IMPOUNDING FINE, PENALTY, OR
FORFEITURE IS COLLECTED BY THE DISTRICT COURT PURSUANT TO
A LOCAL ORDINANCE, LAW, OR REGULATION OF A POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPALITY, IT SHALL BE REMITTED TO THE
RESPECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

(C)    EVERY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPALITY
WHICH HAS ENACTED OR WHICH SHALL ENACT AN ORDINANCE, LAW,
OR REGULATION CONTROLLING THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES,
OR PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF MOTOR VEHICLE, SHALL
PROVIDE THAT FINES, PENALTIES OR FORFEITURES FOR THE
VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCES, LAWS, OR REGULATIONS SHALL
BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
MUNICIPALITY, AND NOT TO THE DISTRICT COURT, IN
UNCONTESTED CASES.

(D)    EVERY ORDINANCE, LAW, OR REGULATION
CONTROLLING THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR PROVIDING
FOR IMPOUNDING SUCH VEHICLES SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE
PERSON RECEIVING A CITATION MAY ELECT TO STAND TRIAL FOR
SAID OFFENSE BY NOTIFYING THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OS
MUNICIPALITY OF HIS INTENTION OF STANDING TRIAL, WHICH
NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN AT LEAST FIVE (5) DAYS PRIOR TO THE
DATE OF PAYMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE CITATION. UPON
RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE OF SUCH INTENTION TO STAND TRIAL,
THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL FORWARD
TO THE DISTRICT COURT IN SAID POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
MUNICIPALITY A COPY OF THE CITATION AND A COPY OF THE
NOTICE FROM THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE CITATION
INDICATING HIS INTENTION TO STAND TRIAL. UPON RECEIPT
THEREOF, THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL SCHEDULE THE CASE FOR
TRIAL AND NOTIFY THE DEFENDANT OF THE TRIAL DATE UNDER
PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED BY THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE
DISTRICT COURT. ALL PARKING OR IMPOUNDING FINES,
PENALTIES OS FORFEITURES COLLECTED THROUGH THE DISTRICT
COURT PURSUANT TO A PARKING OR IMPOUNDING ORDINANCE, LAW,
OR REGULATION ENACTED BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE REMITTED TO THE RESPECTIVE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.