Court facilities.

Existing law establishes the State Court Facilities Construction Fund for the planning, design, construction, rehabilitation, renovation, replacement, leasing, or acquisition of court facilities, as specified. Existing law levies a state court construction penalty, as specified, upon every fine, penalty, and forfeiture imposed and collected for all criminal offenses, and for every parking offense for which a parking penalty, fine, or forfeiture is imposed. Existing law requires that moneys deposited in the county treasury pursuant to these provisions be transmitted to the Controller for deposit in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, as specified. Existing law requires any amounts required to be transmitted by a county to the Controller pursuant to these provisions to be remitted no later than 45 days after the end of the month in which the penalties were collected. Any remittance made later than this time is considered delinquent and is subject to specified penalties. Existing law requires the Controller, upon receipt of any delinquent payment, to calculate a penalty on the delinquent payment by multiplying the amount of the delinquent payment at a daily rate equivalent to 112% per month for the number of days the payment is delinquent. Existing law requires the county to pay the penalty amount calculated pursuant to these provisions to the Controller, as specified, and requires the Controller to deposit these moneys in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. This bill would additionally require the Controller to calculate the interest on the delinquent payment, as specified, and would revise the formula for calculating the penalty. The bill would also require a county, city and county, or court to pay the interest or penalty amounts calculated pursuant to these provisions, as specified, to the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The bill would require that payment be made by the entity responsible for the error or other action that caused the failure to pay, as determined by the Controller in notice given to that party by the Controller.