DATE: November 6, 2018
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 to amend the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending subsections 1805, 1814, and 1819 of Section 1800-Probation relating to Probation exempting young adults from paying fees associated with the Work Furlough Program, Drug Testing and Juvenile Record Sealing; waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety; and adopt proposed Ordinance.
REPORT
Senate Bill (SB) 190, which went into effect on January 1, 2018, 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. Your Board, on April 17, 2018, approved an amendment to Probation's Master Schedule of Fees (MSF) eliminating the above-referenced juvenile fees. In order to comply with SB 190, an additional amendment to the MSF is recommended to exempt individuals 21 years or younger from paying fees related to the Work Furlough Program and drug testing. SB 504, which went into effect on September 30, 2015, exempted individuals 25 years or younger from paying fees for juvenile record sealing. With this MSF amendment, Probation will be in compliance with these two laws. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative recommended action. SB 190 and SB 504 exempt young adults from paying the above-referenced fees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Probation Department's Adopted FY 2018-19 Budget addressed the loss of revenue associated with SB 190. Probation has not been charging young adults, 25 years or younger, for juvenile record sealing since the passage of SB 504 in 201...
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