California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §558: One-half of all fines collected hereunder shall go to the county wherein the prosecution was had, and the remaining one-half thereof shall go into the state treasury and constitute a special fund to b

What this law says, in plain English

This statute directs that fines collected under it be split equally between the county where prosecution occurred and the state treasury as a special fund.

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One-half of all fines collected hereunder shall go to the county wherein the prosecution was had, and the remaining one-half thereof shall go into the state treasury and constitute a special fund to be expended by the department for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article.

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