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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE: February 17 , 1987@ . Cour
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Senate Bill 213 (Robbins)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of support for SB 213 by Senator Alan Robbins
which would clarify provisions of law relating to the imposition
of a $1 . 00 fee on persons ordered to attend a traffic violators '
school for deposit in the Criminal Justice Facilities Fund and
authorize the County Administrator to seek amendments to SB 213 ,
as specified.
BACKGROUND:
Currently there is some confusion as to whether the Municipal
Court can charge a $12. 00 fee, or a $13 . 00 fee for persons
assigned to traffic violators ' school. Senator Robbins has
introduced SB 213 to clarify this confusion by explicitly
allowing the $1 . 00 fee for the Criminal Justice Facilities Fund
to be imposed in addition to the .$12.00 administrative fee. This
is what our Municipal Court is doing currently, but SB 213 would
clarify that this County' s interpretation is the correct one.
The Clerk-Administrator of the Walnut Creek-Danville Municipal
Court has also recommended seeking amendments to SB 213 which
would allow this County to also impose a $1 .00 fee on persons
assigned to traffic school for deposit in the Courthouse
Construction Fund, and to clarify that the fee applies to a
defendant who is permitted to attend traffic school rather than
to only defendants who are ordered by the court to attend traffic
school. We believe these additional amendments are appropriate
and will assist in the funding of the Courthouse Construction
Fund and approve this County' s practice of allowing defendants to
attend traffic school without having to be ordered to do so by
the Court. We are, therefore, recommending that the Board
support SB 213 as introduced, but also seek these amendments to
the bill.
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT '�-- AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES' NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cG: County Administrator ATTESTED FEB 2 4 1987
Clerk-Administrators, Muni Courts
Senator Alan Robbins PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CSAC (Mark Wasser) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Jackson/Barish & Associates
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