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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa
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DATE: April 24, 1989 ST9 COUN� _
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: SB 1620 (Lockyer)
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of SUPPORT for SB 1620 by Senator Bill Lockyer which would
simplify the method of distributing fines and forfeitures to the county,
cities and various other funds.
BACKGROUND:
The bookkeeping which is required to precisely distribute each and every
dollar of fine and forfeiture revenue which is currently received by the
courts is extremely detailed and tedious. A single payment, depending of
the offense, can require distribution to a dozen or more separate funds,
requiring a dozen or more separate calculations. These are time consuming
and open to error.
Senator Lockyer has introduced SB 1620 which would substantially simplify
and reduce this time consuming work by allowing the court to distribute the
revenue on the basis of a percentage. formula, based on historical trends,
as long as the formula results in substantially the same distribution of
money otherwise required by law. These percentages could be checked
regularly for accuracy and would have to be revised and updated as the law
changes the distribution of fines and forfeitures.
The Municipal Court Administrator supports SB 1620 and has recommended that
the Board of Supervisors also support SB 1620 as an effective effort to
streamline the distribution of fines and forfeitures and make the courts
even more efficient. This office concurs with this recommendation and
therefore recommends that the Board indicate its support for SB 1620.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:/�/J
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): ara-C
ACTION OF BOARD ONmay 2 , APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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.
County Administrator MAY 2 1989
CC: Municipal Court Administrator ATTESTED
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Office of Revenue Collection SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Senator Lockyer
Les Spahnn, Jackson/Barish & Associates
Director of Justice Systems Progrargp ,DEPUTY
M382 (10/88)