There is created the Domestic Violence Trust Fund within the State Treasury for the specific purpose of funding certified domestic violence centers. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Beginning on January 1, 2016, and thereafter, in addition to any and all other fees collected for any marriage license or other documentation of marriage, the marriage license issuing agent or marriage recording agent shall collect sixty dollars ($60). The funds, as well as those fines imposed pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 30-5-8, shall be designated only for the purposes of this chapter, and forwarded monthly to the department for deposit in the Domestic Violence Trust Fund. Ten percent of unspent and unencumbered funds shall be retained in the fund. The remaining portion of the funds shall revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year.
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