(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each option county, as defined by Section 77004 of the Government Code, which has adopted the resolution specified in subdivision (b), that portion of fines and forfeitures, whether collected by the courts or by other processing agencies, which are attributable to an increase in the bail amounts adopted subsequent to the resolution pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1269b which would otherwise be divided between the county and cities within the county shall be deposited into the county general fund up to the annual limit listed in subdivision (b) for that county. Fine and forfeiture increments which exceed the specified annual limit shall be divided between the county and the cities within the county as otherwise provided by law. The scheduled bail amounts in such a county may exceed the bail amounts established by the Judicial Council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1269b.
(b) The counties which may adopt a resolution directing that future increments in fines and forfeitures as specified in subdivision (a) be deposited in the county general fund and the annual limit applicable to those counties is as follows:
County | Annual Limit |
Alpine ........................ | $ 300,000 |
Amador ........................ | 200,000 |
Butte ........................ | 900,000 |
Calaveras ........................ | 300,000 |
Contra Costa ........................ | 100,000 |
Del Norte ........................ | 200,000 |
Fresno ........................ | 700,000 |
Humboldt ........................ | 200,000 |
Kings ........................ | 300,000 |
Lake ........................ | 400,000 |
Lassen ........................ | 200,000 |
Los Angeles ........................ | 15,000,000 |
Madera ........................ | 600,000 |
Mariposa ........................ | 200,000 |
Mendocino ........................ | 600,000 |
Modoc ........................ | 200,000 |
Mono ........................ | 200,000 |
Plumas ........................ | 200,000 |
San Benito ........................ | 300,000 |
San Diego ........................ | 5,200,000 |
San Joaquin ........................ | 1,000,000 |
Santa Clara ........................ | 3,200,000 |
Sierra ........................ | 300,000 |
Stanislaus ........................ | 1,900,000 |
Sutter ........................ | 800,000 |
Trinity ........................ | 200,000 |
Tulare ........................ | 2,000,000 |
Tuolumne ........................ | 400,000 |
Yolo ........................ | 700,000 |
Yuba ........................ | 900,000 |
(c) Except as provided in Sections 40200.3 and 40200.4 of the Vehicle Code, this section does not apply to the collection of parking penalties.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 76.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018