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SECTION 71-0211
Disposition of fees and penalties
Environmental Conservation (ENV) CHAPTER 43-B, ARTICLE 71, TITLE 2
§ 71-0211. Disposition of fees and penalties.

1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all
fines and penalties collected pursuant to title nineteen of this
article, except amounts required to be paid into the conservation fund
pursuant to subdivision two of section 71-1929 of such title; title
twenty-one of this article; title twenty-seven of this article, except
amounts required to be paid into the hazardous waste remedial fund
pursuant to subdivision two of section 71-2725 of such title; and title
forty-one of this article shall be paid into the general fund to the
credit of the state purposes account.

2. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, not later than the tenth
day of each month, all fines, penalties and forfeitures collected for
violations of this chapter or rules, regulations, local laws or
ordinances adopted thereunder under judgment of any town or village
court, shall be paid over by such court to the comptroller of the state,
with a statement accompanying the same, setting forth the action or
proceeding in which such moneys were collected, the name and residence
of the defendant, the nature of the offense, and the fines and penalty
imposed. The comptroller shall pay these funds into the general fund of
the state.

All fines and penalties collected for violations of this chapter by
courts operating pursuant to section thirty-nine of the judiciary law
shall be paid to the state commissioner of taxation and finance on a
monthly basis no later than ten days after the last day of each month.
All such fines and penalties shall be the property of the state.