Tennessee § 6-54-304 - Disposition of fines and costs.

§ 6-54-304. Disposition of fines and costs.

The procedure set out in § 6-54-303 shall likewise apply to judgments for fines and costs of municipal courts exercising concurrent jurisdiction with general sessions courts. Upon collection of state fines and costs, the clerk shall remit those portions due the county and state as though paid by the defendant before levy or execution. Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), in any county having a population of not less than seventy-four thousand five hundred (74,500) nor more than seventy-four thousand six hundred (74,600), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in any county having a population of not less than forty-nine thousand four hundred (49,400) and not more than forty-nine thousand five hundred (49,500), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerk of a municipal court shall, upon collection of state fines and costs, remit such fines and costs to the municipality for which the municipal court was created as though paid by the defendant before levy or execution. Acts 1891, ch. 110, § 1; Shan., § 1969; mod. Code 1932, § 3376; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-617; Acts 1983, ch. 327, § 2; 1986, ch. 608, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For table of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement. Cross-References. Appeals to circuit court, title 27, ch. 5. Office of municipal judge, title 16, ch. 18. Law Reviews. Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1983 (N. L. Resener, J. A. Whitson, K. J. Miller), 50 Tenn. L. Rev. 785 (1983). Attorney General Opinions. Municipal police officers' service of execution on municipal court judgments, OAG 98-0153, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 153 (8/17/98). Constitutionality of exemption of certain counties from provisions for fine distribution, OAG 99-114, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 114 (5/14/99).