Opinion ID: 888583
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The $85 as a Surcharge Fee

Text: ¶ 29 Various Montana statutes authorize the imposition of fees and surcharges on defendants at sentencing. For example, § 46-18-111, MCA, provides for a $50 fee payable to the Department of Corrections at the time the presentence investigation report is completed; § 3-1-317, MCA, provides for a $10 user surcharge payable to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the state general fund to be used for funding court information technology; and § 46-18-236, MCA, provides for the imposition of various charges upon conviction. No statute, however, authorizes an assessment in the nature of [a] surcharge fee to be paid to the community service program.