(a)

(1) To ensure and maintain adequate funding for court facilities, an assessment shall be imposed on every conviction for a criminal offense, including a traffic offense, except parking offenses as defined in subdivision (

i) of

Section of the Penal Code, involving a violation of a

section of the Vehicle Code or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code. The assessment shall be imposed in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) for each misdemeanor or felony and in the amount of thirty-five dollars ($35) for each infraction.

(2) For the purposes of this section, “conviction” includes the dismissal of a traffic violation on the condition that the defendant attend a court-ordered traffic violator school, as authorized by Sections and of the Vehicle Code. This assessment shall be deposited in accordance with subdivision (d), and may not be included with the fee calculated and distributed pursuant to

Section of the Vehicle Code. (

b) This assessment shall be in addition to the state penalty assessed pursuant to

Section of the Penal Code and may not be included in the base fine to calculate the state penalty assessment as specified in subdivision (

a) of

Section of the Penal Code. The penalties authorized by

Chapter 12 (commencing with

Section 76000), and the state surcharge authorized by

Section 1465.7 of the Penal Code, do not apply to this assessment. (

c) When bail is deposited for an offense to which this

section applies, and for which a court appearance is not necessary, the person making the deposit also shall deposit a sufficient amount to include the assessment prescribed by this section. (

d) Notwithstanding any other law, the assessments collected pursuant to subdivision (

a) shall all be deposited in a special account in the county treasury and transmitted therefrom monthly to the Controller for deposit in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, established in

Section 70371. (

e) The Judicial Council shall provide for the administration of this section.