New York Laws
Article 45 - Penalties and Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures
1803 - Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures.

(a) Any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture collected by any court,
judge, magistrate or other officer referred to in subdivision one of
section thirty-nine of the judiciary law, establishing a unified court
budget, shall be paid to that county within the first ten days of the
month following collection.
(b) Any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture collected by any other
court, judge, magistrate or other officer, including, where appropriate,
a hearing officer acting on behalf of the commissioner, shall be paid to
the state comptroller within the first ten days of the month following
collection. Every such payment to the comptroller shall be accompanied
by a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller shall provide.
The comptroller shall pay these funds to the county in which the
violation occurs.
(c) Upon receipt of any monies referred to in this section, the county
shall deposit them in a separate account entitled "special traffic
options program for driving while intoxicated".
* 10. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph e of subdivision one
of this section, where a county has established a demonstration program
imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
operator thereof to comply with section eleven hundred seventy-four of
this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred seventy-four-a of
this chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge,
magistrate or other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs
within such county pursuant to such program shall be paid to the state
comptroller within the first ten days of the month following collection.
Every such payment shall be accompanied by a statement in such form and

detail as the comptroller shall provide. The comptroller shall pay
ninety percent of any such fine or penalty imposed for such liability to
the county in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred,
and ten percent of any such fine or penalty to the city, town or village
in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred.
* NB Repealed December 1, 2024
* 11. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph e of subdivision one
of this section, where the commissioner of transportation has
established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the
owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with
subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of
this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this
chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or
other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to
such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten
days of the month following collection. Every such payment shall be
accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller
shall provide. The comptroller shall pay eighty percent of any such fine
or penalty imposed for such liability to the general fund, and twenty
percent of any such fine or penalty to the city, town or village in
which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred. With respect
to the percentage of fines or penalties paid to the general fund, no
less than sixty percent shall be dedicated to department of
transportation work zone safety projects after deducting the expenses
necessary to administer such demonstration program, provided, however,
that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable
on the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall only be used to
supplement and not supplant current expenditures of state funds on work
zone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone
safety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the
department of transportation and shall include, but not be limited to,
inspection and implementation of work zone design, maintenance, traffic
plans and markings, worker safety training, contractor outreach,
enforcement efforts, radar speed display signs at major active work
zones and police presence at major active work zones, as provided in
section twenty-two of the transportation law. All fines, penalties and
forfeitures paid to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions
of this subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city,
town or village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by
charter, special law, local law or ordinance.
* NB Repealed October 6, 2026
* 12. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph e of subdivision one
of this section, where the chair of the New York state thruway authority
has established a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on
the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with
subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of
this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-e of this
chapter, any fine or penalty collected by a court, judge, magistrate or
other officer for an imposition of liability which occurs pursuant to
such program shall be paid to the state comptroller within the first ten
days of the month following collection. Every such payment shall be
accompanied by a statement in such form and detail as the comptroller
shall provide. The comptroller shall pay eighty percent of any such fine
or penalty imposed for such liability to the thruway authority, and
twenty percent of any such fine or penalty to the city, town or village
in which the violation giving rise to the liability occurred. With
respect to the percentage of fines or penalties paid to the thruway
authority, no less than sixty percent shall be dedicated to thruway

authority work zone safety projects after deducting the expenses
necessary to administer such demonstration program, provided, however,
that such funds provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable
on the audit and warrant of the comptroller and shall only be used to
supplement and not supplant current expenditures of state funds on work
zone safety projects. For the purposes of this subdivision, "work zone
safety projects" shall apply to work zones under the jurisdiction of the
thruway authority and shall include, but not be limited to, inspection
and implementation of work zone design, maintenance, traffic plans and
markings, worker safety training, contractor outreach, enforcement
efforts, radar speed display signs at major active work zones and police
presence at major active work zones, as provided in section twenty-two
of the transportation law. For the purposes of this subdivision, the
term "thruway authority" shall mean the New York state thruway
authority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public
corporation created and constituted pursuant to title nine of article
two of the public authorities law. All fines, penalties and forfeitures
paid to a city, town or village pursuant to the provisions of this
subdivision shall be credited to the general fund of such city, town or
village, unless a different disposition is prescribed by charter,
special law, local law or ordinance.
* NB Repealed October 6, 2026