§ 45. Disposal of fines and moneys recovered. Except as otherwise\nprovided in this chapter, all moneys recovered, either as fines,\npenalties, forfeitures or otherwise, for the violation of any of the\nprovisions of this chapter, or of any other law the enforcement of which\nis within the jurisdiction of the department, or of the rules of the\ndepartment, and all bail forfeited by persons charged with such\nviolations, shall be the property of the state. Moneys so recovered by\ntown justices shall be paid to the state comptroller in accordance with\nthe provisions of section twenty-seven of the town law and moneys so\nrecovered by village justices shall be paid to the state comptroller in\naccordance with the provisions of section 4-410 of the village law. The\nsame disposal shall be made of all moneys recovered upon any bond given\nby any officer by virtue of the provisions of this chapter. Provided,\nhowever, that any such moneys collected as fines, penalties or\nforfeitures as a result of a prosecution for a violation of any of the\nprovisions of article sixteen and sixteen-a of this chapter and all bail\nforfeited by persons charged with such violations shall be the property\nof the county or city, as the case may be, in which the alleged offense\nwas prosecuted and shall be paid to the treasurer, or corresponding\nfiscal officer, of such county or city, except that any such moneys and\nany such bail forfeitures, collected by the town justices or by village\njustices shall be paid to the state comptroller in accordance with\nsection twenty-seven of the town law and section 4-410 of the village\nlaw, respectively.\n
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