(a)The Administrative Office of the Courts shall prepare an annual report by February 15 on behalf of the Superior Court, the Family Court, the Court of Common Pleas, the Justice of the Peace Court, and the Office of State Courts Collection Enforcement.
(b)The report under subsection (a) of this section must include information on the following:
(1)Amount of each of the following collected by the Judiciary:
a. Fines.
b. Fees and costs.
c. Assessments.
d. Restitution.
(2)Amount of fines, fees, costs, or assessments retained by the Judiciary and as a percentage of the Judiciary’s budget.
(3)Amount of fines, fees, costs, assessments, or restitution distributed to the State, a municipality, or a statutorily-created fund.
(c)The report under subsection (a) of this section must be
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(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall prepare an annual report by February 15 on behalf of the Superior Court, the Family Court, the Court of Common Pleas, the Justice of the Peace Court, and the Office of State Courts Collection Enforcement.
(b) The report under subsection (a) of this section must include information on the following:
(1) Amount of each of the following collected by the Judiciary:
a. Fines.
b. Fees and costs.
c. Assessments.
d. Restitution.
(2) Amount of fines, fees, costs, or assessments retained by the Judiciary and as a percentage of the Judiciary’s budget.
(3) Amount of fines, fees, costs, assessments, or restitution distributed to the State, a municipality, or a statutorily-created fund.
(c) The report under subsection (a) of this section must be publicly available on the Administrative Office of the Courts’ website or published as part of the Judiciary’s annual report.
(d) The Delaware Criminal Justice Information System shall prepare an annual report by February 15 detailing the amount of fines, fees, costs, and assessments collected by entities other than the Judiciary. The report must be publicly available on the Delaware Criminal Justice Information System’s website.
(e) The reports by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Delaware Criminal Justice Information System must be submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with copies to all members of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Chief Defender, the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services, and the Delaware Public Archives.