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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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County
DATE: September 10, 1991
SUBJECT: FIX HEARING TO ESTABLISH FEES FOR PROCESSING
COURT FINES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Fix Tuesday, September 24, 1991 at 11:00 a.m. for a public hearing on establishment of fees in
the amount of $15 for the Municipal Courts and $30 for the Office of Revenue Collection for the
administrative and clerical costs incurred for processing court-imposed fine receivables.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
County revenue will increase by an estimated $375,000 annually upon implementation of the fee
at the Municipal Court level. The Office of Revenue Collection currently collects $120,000 in
accounts receivable fees annually.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION / BACKGROUND
Penal Code Section 1205(d) states that "the board of supervisors in any county may establish a
fee for processing of accounts receivable that are not to be paid in installments." The fee shall
be equal to the administrative and clerical costs except that the fee shall not exceed thirty dollars.
Additional court and clerical time involved in the establishment and processing of a fine receivable
have been determined to average fifteen dollars ($15) per case. When a fine is ordered payable
to the Office of Revenue Collection (ORC), defendants receive billing statements and are
permitted to make installment payments. The estimated cost of establishing and processing an
account receivable by ORC exceeds thirty dollars ($30).
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
If the fees are not established, the County will lose revenue that offsets expenditures which
provide a service to the public that could not be maintained without proper funding.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: R
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOA OMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
L I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT.THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BO/:riO
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED
Municipal Courts PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Office of Revenue Collection SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator
BY DEPUTY
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