In addition to any other fee or cost prescribed by law, whenever a civil action is
filed in the Circuit Court or in the District Courts of the County and whenever fees
are taxed as costs in a criminal or traffic case in the Circuit Court or in the District
Courts of the County in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute
or ordinance, there is hereby imposed a $2.00 fee as authorized by Virginia Code §§ 16.1-69.48:1 and 17.1-281. Such fee shall be assessed and collected as other fees
are collected whenever a civil action is filed or whenever taxed in criminal or traffic
cases by the clerks of such courts in which the violation was charged and remitted
to the Director of Finance to be held for appropriation by the Board in accordance
with Virginia Code § 17.1-281. (22-02-4; 29-03-4; 13-10-4.)