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Juvenile Court Supervision Fee Legislation
Code of Georgia
TITLE 15. Courts
CHAPTER 11. Juvenile Proceedings, Parental Rights, Mental Incompetancy
and Dependency for Juveniles
ARTICLE 1. JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
PART 7. State Custody
15-11-71 Supervision fees.
(a) The purpose of this Code section is to allow the juvenile courts
of Georgia to collect supervision fees from those who are placed
under the courts' formal or informal supervision in order that the
court may use those fees to expand the provision of the following
types of ancillary services:
(1) Housing in nonsecure facilities that meet the requirements
of Code Section 15-11-48;
(2) Educational services, tutorial services, or both;
(3) Counseling and diagnostic testing;
(4) Mediation;
(5) Transportation to and from court ordered services;
(6) Restitution programs; and
(7) Job development or work experience programs.
(b) The juvenile court may order each delinquent or unruly child
who receives supervision under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of
Code Section 15-11-66, Code Section 15-11-67, or paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of Code Section 15-11-69 to pay:
(1) An initial court supervision user's fee of not less than
$10.00 nor more than $200.00; and
(2) A court supervision user's fee of not less than $2.00 nor
more than $30.00 for each month that the child receives supervision
to the clerk of the court. The child and each parent, guardian,
or legal custodian of the child may be jointly and severally liable
for the payment of the fee and shall be subject to the enforcement
procedure stated in subsection (b) of Code Section 15-11-8. The
judge shall attempt to provide that any such fees shall be imposed
on such terms and conditions as shall assure that the funds for
the payment are from moneys earned by the child. All moneys collected
by the clerk under this subsection shall be transferred to the
county treasurer, or such other county official or employee who
performs duties previously performed by said treasurer, who shall
deposit the moneys into a county supplemental juvenile services
fund. The governing authority of the county shall appropriate
moneys from the county supplemental juvenile services fund to
the juvenile court for the court's discretionary use in providing
supplemental community based services described in subsection
(a) of this Code section to offenders who are children. These
funds shall be administered by the county and the court may draw
upon them by submitting invoices to the county. The county supplemental
juvenile services fund may be used only for these services. Any
moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the county fiscal year
shall not revert to any other fund but shall continue in the county
supplemental juvenile services fund. The county supplemental juvenile
services fund may not be used to replace other funding of services.
(c) For the purpose of this Code section, the term "guardian"
or "legal custodian" shall not be interpreted or construed
to include the Department of Human Resources.
(Code 1981, 15-11-56.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1871, §
1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 931, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1064, § 6;
Code 1981, 15-11-71, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 20, §
1.)
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