DATE: February 1, 2022
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 1807, 1811, 1812, 1814, and 1819 of Section 1800-Probation, for fees related to the Restitution Collection, Diversion Administrative Fee, Casual Meals, Drug Testing, and Juvenile Record Sealing (the Ordinance), and adding subsection 1815 establishing a daily fee rate to house youth from other counties at the Juvenile Justice Campus, and amend the title of subsection 1816 to accurately reflect the purpose of the fee; 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) 177, add a daily rate fee, and amend a title to accurately reflect the purpose of a fee. AB 177 approved on September 24, 2021 and effective as of January 1, 2022, results in changes to criminal administrative fees that may be charged by agencies and courts. This law repeals the authority of counties to collect past debts for various criminal justice and administrative fees for the costs of restitution collection, diversion administrative fees, casual meals, and drug testing, and also appropriates monies to counties for the first half of FY 2021-22, and on an ongoing basis starting with FY 2022-23 to allow for the backfill of associated revenue losses. Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) section 781.1 also provides that probation departments shall not charge an applicant a fee for filing a petition to seal juvenile records. In addition, on September 30, 2020, the Governor signed Senate Bil...
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