[Adopted 12-5-2000 by L.L. No. 15-2000]
The Putnam County Legislature hereby determines
that those persons sentenced a period of probation upon conviction
of any offense should be required to pay a fee to offset the administrative
costs of the probation.
The Putnam County Probation Department is hereby
authorized to charge an administrative fee of $30 per month to individuals
currently serving or who shall be sentenced to a period of probation
upon conviction of any offense.
The Department shall waive all or part of such
fee where, because of the indigence of the offender, the payment of
said surcharge would work an unreasonable hardship on probationer,
his or her immediate family or any other person who is dependent on
such person for financial support.
Monies collected pursuant to this article shall
be utilized for probation services for the local Probation Department
but shall not be used to replace federal funds otherwise utilized
for probation services.
