House Bill 579 Summary

• Creates Justice Court Collections Fund administered by Department of Revenue to support justice court personnel salaries, equipment, software, and collection expenses, with counties receiving up to the amount they deposit minus 5% administrative fee.

• Creates Municipal Court Collections Fund administered by Department of Revenue to support municipal court personnel salaries, equipment, software, and collection expenses, with municipalities receiving up to the amount they deposit minus 5% administrative fee and authority to award excess monies as grants.

• Removes the repealer on the Children's Advocacy Centers Fund assessment and establishes new assessments for Judicial System Operation Fund, Civil Legal Assistance Fund, Justice Court Collections Fund, and Municipal Court Collections Fund on criminal and traffic violations.

• Revises assessment amounts for Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund (reduced from $7.00 to $5.12 for traffic violations), Crime Victims' Compensation Fund (reduced from $10.00 to $6.92 for misdemeanors), and Motorcycle Officer Training Fund (increased from $0.75 to $1.06 for misdemeanors).

• Transfers all Ignition Interlock Device Fund deposits during fiscal year 2015 to the Drug Court Fund and appropriates $500,000 each to Justice Court and Municipal Court Collections Programs and $20,000 to Motorcycle Officers Training Program for FY2015.