PEOPLE v. CHAVEZ
Defendant convicted of cocaine possession is subject to mandatory financial penalties, including criminal laboratory analysis fee in the amount of $50, a drug laboratory fine under Penal Code Sec. 1464(a) in the sum of $50, a $35 assessment under Government Code Sec. 76000(a), a $10 state surcharge on the criminal laboratory analysis fee, and state court construction penalties totaling $67.50, or one half of the criminal laboratory analysis fee, the drug laboratory fine, and the Sec. 76000(a) assessment. Failure to impose any of such penalties constitutes jurisdictional error. State surcharge of 20 percent applies to criminal laboratory analysis fee but does not apply to Sec. 1464(a) and Sec. 76000(a) assessments. State court construction penalty applies to all counties regardless of whether they are participating in a local Courthouse Construction Fund or the Transitional State Court Facilities Construction Fund. Restitution fine under Penal Code Sec. 1202.4(b)(1) and parole revocation restitution fine under Penal Code Sec. 1202.45 are not enhanced by Sec. 1464(a) and Sec. 76000(a) penalty assessments or by the 20 percent state surcharge under Penal Code Sec. 1465.7. Court security fee of $20, which by statute must be imposed upon conviction of any offense other than a parking violation, is enhanced by a Sec. 1464 (a) penalty assessment of $20; a $14 Sec. 76000(a) penalty assessment; a $4 Sec. 1465.7(a) state surcharge; and a $10 state court construction penalty, plus a $10 state court construction penalty on the Sec. 1464(a) assessment and a $7 state court construction penalty on the Sec. 76000(a) penalty assessment.
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