A. As used in this section:
1. “Convicted” means any final adjudication of guilt, whether pursuant to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or otherwise, and any deferred or suspended sentence or judgment; and
2. “Court” means any district court having jurisdiction to impose a criminal fine or penalty.
B. In addition to any other penalty assessment imposed by law, any person convicted of any traffic offense punishable pursuant to Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, but excluding a conviction for a violation of Section 11-901, 11-902, 11-1112, 11-1114 or 12-417 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and excluding parking and standing violations, or any person forfeiting bond when charged with such an offense, shall be ordered by the court to pay a fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) as a separate penalty assessment. The assessment and fee shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any and all fines and penalties otherwise provided for by law for such offense.
C. The fee shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the penalty assessments provided for in Sections 1313.2 and 1313.3 of this title. Each court clerk is authorized to retain all interest accrued thereon prior to the due date for deposits as provided in this subsection. The court clerk shall deposit the fee collected pursuant to this section in the account provided for in subsection D of Section 1313.2 of this title, and the amounts imposed by this section shall be forwarded monthly in one check or draft to the Department of Public Safety to be deposited in the Department of Public Safety Patrol Vehicle Revolving Fund.
D. The deposits required by this section shall be included in the report required by Section 1313.2 of this title and shall be listed as a separate item.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 435, § 12, eff. July 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 354, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 1313.4 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.
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