DATE: June 22, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Probation Department
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct second hearing and adopt an Ordinance amending the County of Fresno Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by deleting subsections 1801, 1805, 1806, 1810, 1813, and 1818 of Section 1800-Probation, for fees related to the Adult Offender Work Program, Work Furlough Program, Presentence Investigations Reports, Administrative Costs of Collections, Adult Probation Supervision, and Targeted Case Management Fee (the Ordinance); and Waive the reading of the proposed Ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions amends the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance to delete certain Probation fees that the County no longer has the statutory authority to collect, due to Assembly Bill (AB) 1869. AB 1869, approved on September 18, 2020, and going into effect on July 1, 2021, results in changes to the Government Code, Penal Code and Welfare and Institutions Code. This law repeals the authority of counties to collect various criminal justice and administrative fees for the costs of administering probation and mandatory supervision, administering home detention programs, continuous electronic monitoring programs, work furlough programs, and work release programs, and also appropriates monies for five years to the County to backfill associated revenue losses. In order to comply with AB 1869, the Probation Department recommends an amendment to the Master Schedule of Fees (MSF) to eliminate Probation fees charged to individuals for Adult Supervision, the Adult Offender Work Program, Work Furlough Program, preparation of Presentence Investigation Reports, Administrative Costs of Collections, and a Targeted Case Management Fee. In addition, SB 1869 prohibits the collection of unpaid balances of the above-ref...
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