DATE: 4/17/18
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Elizabeth Diaz, Public Defender
Philip F. Kader, Interim Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Amendment to Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs - Second Hearing
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct second hearing to amend the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by deleting subsections 1802, 1804, 1809, 1815, and 1817 of Section 1800-Probation relating to Probation juvenile fees; and waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety; and
2. Conduct second hearing to amend the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by deleting subsections 2001(b)(1) and 2001(c)(3) of Section 2000-Public Defender relating to legal services provided to juveniles in the delinquency system and waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will delete all juvenile fees in Section 1800-Probation and Section 2000-Public Defender of the Master Schedule of Fees (MSF). This is necessary to bring the MSF in line with Senate Bill 190, which took effect on January 1, 2018. The passage of Senate Bill 190 resulted in changes to the California Government Code, Penal Code and Welfare and Institutions Code, barring the courts from ordering (as of January 1, 2018) the assessment of fees for legal services, drug testing, support, detention, supervision and electronic monitoring for juveniles in the delinquency system. Accordingly, as of January 1, 2018, California counties may no longer charge the foregoing types of fees.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative to deleting the specified fees. Senate Bill 190 provides that such fees cannot be assessed as of January 1, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Public Defender projects an estimated decrease of $4,000 in revenue for FY 2017-18 and $9,000 in FY 2018-19 as a result of the recommended actions. The Probation Department projects a lo...
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