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]7A-303 ART. 28. UNIFORM COSTS ,4aND FEES §7A-304 § 7A-303. Equipment and supplies in clerk's office." Upon the establishment of the district court in any county, supplies and all equipment in the office of the clerk of superior court shall become the property of the State. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.) ARTICLE 28. Uniform Costs and Fees in the Trial Divisions. § 7A-304. Costs in criminal actions. (a) In every criminal case in the superior or district court, wherein the defendant is convicted, or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or when costs are assessed against the prosecuting witness, the following costs shall be assessed and collected, except that when the judgment imposes an active prison sentence, costs shall be assessed and collected only when the judgment specifically so provides, and that no costs may be assessed when a case is dismissed. (1) For each arrest or personal service of criminal process, including citations and subpoenas, the sum of five dollars ($5.00), to be remitted to the county wherein the arrest was made or process was served, except that in those cases in which the arrest was made or process served by a law-enforcement officer employed by a municipality, the fee shall be paid to the municipality employing the officer. (2) For the use of the courtroom and related judicial facilities, the sum of twelve dollars ($12.00) in the district court, including cases before a ma~strate, and the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) in superior court, to be remitted to the county in which the judgment is rendered. In all cases where the judgment is rendered in facilities provided by a municipality, the facilities fee shall be paid tO the manic, k~litv. Funds derived from the facilities fees shall b~ usr ed exclusively by th~ ~auaty _ -bY'-~-~ni~al~W-fbr nr0¥min~, m~intaifiing: and_can~tr, cJ~in~ adc- ' ha~th__.a.t_.~e~Conrtlrno-m and related Judicial tkci'hties, including: adeouate .space and furniture for .iuctge~, district attorne¥~, public daf~n~t~rs. ma~strates~}.'uries, and other court rebated por~onnel: office sp~qca. _~iture and vaults for the clerk; jail and juvenile detentio. ~ parking tbr jurors; and a law'library'(including books) if one has heretofore been establishe~kor irt-ha governing bodv hereafter J~o establish one. Jazthe event the funds der/red from ~he facilities fees exceed what is needed fo~ t.__ hese purpose.q: t. he nn, mty ~-~Y,]wi~h the approval off¼~ Aclmini~tr-~t!-e O~cer of the 2th [he_ amount, use arly or all 0f the exc_es~ *o ~t, ire indebtedness incurred in the cfln,qf, rnpfinn nf the faeilqties, ~r~aburse the count, v or municinallt~fn, r, mcl~ex~end~d in enmstruct- &rig or. renovating th~ fac~btm~ (w~thout incurring gny inrl~bt,~aneS~T ~within~a ¢eriod of two years before or afl;er th~ d~t~ ~ cli~tr/ct court is., estabtishe~d-in such counfv; or"to Surmlernent th~n,~,-ntlnn~ (3)-'-F~or the retirement and insurance benefits of both State and local government law-enforcement officers, the sum of seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($7.25), to be remitted to the State Treasurer. Fifty cents (50¢) of this sum shall be administered as is provided in Article 12C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. Five dollars and seventy- five cents ($5.75) of this sum shall be administered as is provided in Article 12E of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, with one dollar 381