Cal. PEN § 1463.28
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 1463.28, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each option county, as defined by Section 77004 of the Government Code, which has adopted the resolution specified in subdivision (b), that portion of fines and forfeitures, whether collected by the courts or by other processing agencies, which are attributable to an increase in the bail amounts adopted subsequent to the resolution pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1269b which would otherwise be divided between the county and cities within the county shall be deposited into the county general fund up to the annual limit listed in subdivision (b) for that county. Fine and forfeiture increments which exceed the specified annual limit shall be divided between the county and the cities within the county as otherwise provided by law. The scheduled bail amounts in such a county may exceed the bail amounts established by the Judicial Council pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1269b.
(b) The counties which may adopt a resolution directing that future increments in fines and forfeitures as specified in subdivision (a) be deposited in the county general fund and the annual limit applicable to those counties is as follows:
County Annual Limit
Alpine $ 300,000
Amador 200,000
Butte 900,000
Calaveras 300,000
Contra Costa 100,000
Del Norte 200,000
Fresno 700,000
Humboldt 200,000
Kings 300,000
Lake 400,000
Lassen 200,000
Los Angeles 15,000,000
Madera 600,000
Mariposa 200,000
Mendocino 600,000
Modoc 200,000
Mono 200,000
Plumas 200,000
San Benito 300,000
San Diego 5,200,000
San Joaquin 1,000,000
Santa Clara 3,200,000
Sierra 300,000
Stanislaus 1,900,000
Sutter 800,000
Trinity 200,000
Tulare 2,000,000
Tuolumne 400,000
Yolo 700,000
Yuba 900,000
(c) Except as provided in Sections 40200.3 and 40200.4 of the Vehicle Code, this section does not apply to the collection of parking penalties.
(b) The counties which may adopt a resolution directing that future increments in fines and forfeitures as specified in subdivision (a) be deposited in the county general fund and the annual limit applicable to those counties is as follows:
County Annual Limit
Alpine $ 300,000
Amador 200,000
Butte 900,000
Calaveras 300,000
Contra Costa 100,000
Del Norte 200,000
Fresno 700,000
Humboldt 200,000
Kings 300,000
Lake 400,000
Lassen 200,000
Los Angeles 15,000,000
Madera 600,000
Mariposa 200,000
Mendocino 600,000
Modoc 200,000
Mono 200,000
Plumas 200,000
San Benito 300,000
San Diego 5,200,000
San Joaquin 1,000,000
Santa Clara 3,200,000
Sierra 300,000
Stanislaus 1,900,000
Sutter 800,000
Trinity 200,000
Tulare 2,000,000
Tuolumne 400,000
Yolo 700,000
Yuba 900,000
(c) Except as provided in Sections 40200.3 and 40200.4 of the Vehicle Code, this section does not apply to the collection of parking penalties.
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