HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03151994 - 94-146 ' THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Resolution on March 15, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Smith, Bishop, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Resolution No.94/146
SUBJECT: Criminal Justice Administrative Fee Regulations
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors adopted County Ordinance 91-3 on
January 22, 1991 implementing in Contra Costa County the provisions of Government Code Section
29550 (1990 Statutes, Chapter 466, Section 1 (SB 2557)), which provide for criminal justice
administrative (booking) fees; and
WHEREAS, under County Ordinance 91-3, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, by
resolution, may adopt regulations governing the application and administration of the criminal justice
administrative (booking) fee;
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 92/86 on
February 11, 1992, replacing and superseding Resolution 91/219, governing the application and
administration of the criminal justice administrative (booking) fee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the following regulations apply to the application
and administration of the criminal justice administrative (booking) fee in Contra Costa County and that
this resolution supersedes and replaces Board Resolution 92/86:
Section 1. Definition of Chargeable Bookings. Chargeable bookings or processing shall include
all bookings except for bookings resulting from the following:
(a) Arrests on any bench warrant for failure to appear in court, or on any arrest warrant
issued in connection with a crime not committed within the arresting agency's jurisdiction;
(b) Remands to the county jail pursuant to court order, except that the county may charge
a fee to recover those direct costs for those functions required to book a person pursuant to subdivision
(g) of Section 853.6 of the Penal Code;
(c) Arrests for parole violation or probation-ordered returns to custody, unless a new charge
has been filed for a crime committed in the jurisdiction of the arresting agency;
(d) In the event the Governor declares a state of emergency, arrests made during any riot,
disturbance or event that is subject to the declaration;
(e) Arrest of a prisoner who has escaped from a county, state or federal detention or
corrections facility;
(f) Placement of arrestees in temporary detention at a court facility for purposes of
arraignment when the arrestee has been previously booked at the arresting agency's detention facility;
or
(g) Arrests made by officers assigned to a formal multiagency task force in which the county
is a participant.
Section 2. Procedures for Invoicing. (a) Booking data for chargeable bookings for each
agency shall be provided by the County Sheriffs Department on a monthly basis to the Office of
Revenue Collection. For each arresting agency, data shall include the name of the person booked, the
date the person was booked, and the total number of chargeable bookings for the month.
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(b) The Office of Revenue Collection shall submit an invoice to every city, special district,
school district, community college district, college or university, for the criminal justice administrative
(booking) fees owed by such entity for the prior month and for fees not invoiced for previous months.
Invoices shall be payable thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice.
Section 3. Receipt of Payment. Paid fees shall be deposited by the Office of Revenue
Collection in Budget Unit 0005, Account 9735.
Section 4. Billing Errors. Agencies discovering errors on invoices may contest a charge by
submitting evidence validating the error in writing to the County within thirty (30) calendar days of the
invoice date. Charges for validated errors shall be forgiven from the invoice in error or deducted from
the subsequent month's invoice.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an
action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date shown:
ATTESTED: March 15, 1994
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator
By0. r ,Deputy
Contact: Julie Enea (510) 646-4855
cc: County Administrator
County Counsel
Auditor-Controller
Sheriff-Coroner
Office of Revenue Collection
Arresting Agencies (via the CAO)
RESOLUTION NO. 94/146