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KRS 189A.050: Service fee -- Amount -- Payment -- Remedies for nonpayment -- Use of

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  1. KRS Chapter 189A

revenue from fees collected.

(1) All persons convicted of violation of KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) shall

be sentenced to pay a service fee of four hundred twenty -five dollars ($425), which

shall be in addition to all other penalties authorized by law.

(2) The fee shall be imposed in all cases but shall be subject to the provisions of KRS

534.020 and KRS 534.060.

(3) The first fifty dollars ($50) of each service fe e imposed by this section shall be paid

into the general fund, the second fifty dollars ($50) of each service fee imposed by

this section shall be paid to the ignition interlock administration fund established in

KRS 189A.380, and the remainder of the reve nue collected from the service fee

imposed by this section shall be utilized as follows:

(a) Twelve percent (12%) shall be transferred to the Department of Kentucky

State Police forensic laboratory for the acquisition, maintenance, testing, and

calibration of alcohol concentration testing instruments and the training of

laboratory personnel to perform these tasks;

(b) Twenty percent (20%) shall be allocated to the Department of Public

Advocacy;

(c) One percent (1%) shall be transferred to the Prosecutors Ad visory Council for

training of prosecutors for the prosecution of persons charged with violations

of this chapter and for obtaining expert witnesses in cases involving the

prosecution of persons charged with violations of this chapter or any other

offense in which driving under the influence is a factor in the commission of

the offense charged;

(d) Sixteen percent (16%) shall be transferred as follows:

1. Fifty percent (50%) shall be credited to the traumatic brain injury trust

fund established under KRS 211.476; and

2. Fifty percent (50%) shall be credited to the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services, Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and

Intellectual Disabilities, for the purposes of providing direct services to

individuals with brain injuries that may in clude long -term supportive

services and training and consultation to professionals working with

individuals with brain injuries. As funding becomes available under this

subparagraph, the cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations

pursuant to KRS Cha pter 13A to implement the services permitted by

this subparagraph;

(e) Any amount specified by a specific statute shall be transferred as provided in

that statute;

(f) Forty-six percent (46%) shall be transferred to be utilized to fund enforcement

of this chapter and for the support of jails, recordkeeping, treatment, and

educational programs authorized by this chapter and by the Department of

Public Advocacy; and

(g) The remainder shall be transferred to the general fund.

(4) The amounts specified in subse ction (3)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section shall be

placed in trust and agency accounts that shall not lapse.

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