Many years ago it was usual in Costa Rica to define fines and taxes based on a fixed amount of colones. However, this was a problem because of the high devaluation and inflation existing in Costa Rica on those days. In a few years, it became a ridiculous amount and it was very complicated to pass a new law every year to keep it updated.
Because of this and since the National Budget law must be approved every year, on 1993, the congress decided to select and use something in this law to be used as a parameter to automatically define taxes and fines. The chosen parameter was the wages amount of an “Administrative Assistant One” of the Court. (Just the base wage, without pluses, bonuses, etc.) In the National Budget law approved for 2012, this parameter was established as 360,600 colones.
On the Costa Rica Official newspaper of the Courts, published on Jan 9, 2012, the Court’s Secretary reported this amount to all Judges in Costa Rica. What follows corresponds to that notice to all Judges.
“BOLETÍN JUDICIAL Nº 6 DEL 9 DE ENERO DEL 2012
CORTE SUPREMA DE JUSTICIA SECRETARÍA GENERAL CIRCULAR Nº 159-11
ASUNTO: Salario base sobre el cual se definen las penas a aplicar por la comisión de diversas figuras delictivas contenidas en el Código Penal y demás normativa durante el 2012.
A LAS AUTORIDADES JUDICIALES QUE TRAMITAN LA MATERIA PENAL, INSTITUCIONES, ABOGADOS Y PÚBLICO EN GENERAL SE LES HACE SABER QUE: El Consejo Superior en sesión N° 104-11, celebrada el 13 de diciembre de 2011, artículo XXVII, de conformidad con lo que establece el párrafo tercero del artículo 2° de la Ley N° 7337 de 5 de mayo de 1993, que reformó varios artículos del Código Penal, dispuso comunicarles que a partir del 1° de enero del 2012, el salario base a aplicar para definir las penas por la comisión de esas figuras delictivas, así como de las contenidas en otras leyes que refieran a la supracitada norma es de ¢360.600,00 (TRESCIENTOS SESENTA MIL SEISCIENTOS COLONES EXACTOS), que corresponde al Salario Base del Auxiliar Administrativo 1 del Poder Judicial. San José, 16 de diciembre del 2011. Lic. Carlos T. Mora Rodríguez, 1 vez.—(IN2011100577) Secretario General Interino.”
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