This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "the Inyo County Jail Booking Fee Ordinance."
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)
This chapter is enacted in accordance with the provisions of Section 29550 of the California Government Code, as added by SB 2557, Chapter 466, Statutes of 1990.
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)
The purpose of this chapter is to implement in Inyo County the provisions of Government Code Section 29550 which authorize counties to impose a fee upon various local governmental entities for reimbursement of county expenses incurred with respect to the booking or other processing of persons arrested and brought to theCounty Jail for booking or detention by employees of the local governmental entities. The revenue generated by this chapter will be used for meeting the usual current operating expenses of the county.
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)
A. 
There is hereby imposed upon every city, special district, school district, community college district, college, or university in the county a fee equal to the actual administrative costs, including applicable overhead costs, incurred by the county in booking or other processing of persons arrested and brought to theCounty Jail for booking or detention by an employee of the specified entities. For purposes of this chapter, the term "employee" includes any person making an arrest on behalf of an entity specified above, regardless of whether the person is an employee of the specified entity for worker's compensation, employee benefits, tort liability, or any other purpose.
B. 
The fee shall be payable in respect to bookings of persons at theCounty Jail on and after July 1, 1991.
C. 
The fee shall not be applicable to rebookings. Rebookings occur when an additional charge is filed against a person already booked and in custody in theCounty Jail.
D. 
The fee shall not be applicable to bookings that occur after an arrestee has been arraigned and ordered by a court to be remanded to the custody of the sheriff.
E. 
The fee shall not be applicable to self-bookings.
F. 
The fee shall not be applicable to bookings resulting from arrests made by employees of a local governmental city on warrants issued by a court located outside of Inyo County.
G. 
The fee shall not be applicable to bookings resulting from arrests made by employees of a local governmental entity on warrants issued by a court located within Inyo County and on behalf of the county or the sheriff for alleged criminal activities in the unincorporated area of the county.
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)
The amount of the fee imposed pursuant to Section 3.48.040 is ninety dollars for each person booked at theCounty Jail. The specified fee is equal to the administrative costs, including applicable overhead costs as permitted by Federal Circular A-87 standards, incurred by the county in booking or other processing of arrested persons in theCounty Jail.
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)
A. 
The sheriff shall quarterly in arrears submit an invoice to the local governmental entities responsible for payment of the fee imposed by this chapter, notifying them of the total amount of the fee for the preceding quarter. The responsible local governmental entities shall pay the fee to the county within thirty days of the date of the invoice.
B. 
Fees which remain unpaid in whole or in part after thirty days shall bear interest at the legal rate established pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 685.010.
C. 
In addition to any other remedy available to it, the county may offset any delinquent fees, plus accrued interest, against any amount reciprocally owing in accordance with the provisions of Government Code Section 907, and the auditor-controller is hereby authorized and directed to offset in accordance with Government Code Section 907.
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)
Where two or more governmental entities, including local, state and federal entities, are responsible for an arrest and subsequent booking, each participating local governmental entity specified in Section 3.44.040 shall only be billed for its pro rata share of the fee.
The pro rata share shall be determined by dividing the total fee by the total number of local, state or federal governmental entities participating in the arrest and booking.
(Ord. 912 § 1, 1991)