New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 71-0213. Mandatory surcharge

1. Whenever proceedings result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter there shall be levied, in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, the following mandatory surcharges: (a) in the amount of twenty-five dollars for violations of sportfishing regulations set forth in 6 NYCRR 10; (b) in the amount of seventy-five dollars for all other offenses under this chapter provided, however, that convictions for offenses under articles seventeen, nineteen or twenty-seven of this chapter shall be subject to a mandatory surcharge equal to the greater of seventy-five dollars or six percent of any penalty or fine imposed. The mandatory surcharge shall be paid to the clerk of the court who shall remit such mandatory surcharge to the state comptroller provided, however, that in cases where the conviction was rendered by a town or a village justice court, the clerk of such court shall pay twenty-five dollars of such surcharge to the chief fiscal officer of the town or village in the case of surcharges resulting from paragraph (b) of this subdivision and ten dollars in the case of surcharges resulting from paragraph (a) of this subdivision and shall pay the remaining amounts of such mandatory surcharges to the state comptroller in the same manner as provided in section 71-0211 of this article. The comptroller shall pay such monies into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund.

2. Any person who has paid a mandatory surcharge under the authority of this section which is ultimately determined not to be required by this section shall be entitled to a refund of such mandatory surcharge upon application to the state comptroller. The state comptroller shall require such proof as is necessary to determine whether a refund is required by law.