20-167

Chapter 20.--COURTS
Article 1.--SUPREME COURT

      20-167.   Supervision fee for juvenile offender; feespaid to county general fund; waiver.On and after July 1, 1997:

      (a)   The supreme court may establisha supervision feeschedule to be charged a juvenile offender, or the parent or guardian of suchjuvenile offender, if the juvenile offender is under the age of 18, forservices rendered the juvenile who is:

      (1)   Placed on probation;

      (2)   placed in juvenile community correctional services;

      (3)   placed in a community placement;

      (4)   placed on conditional release pursuant toK.S.A. 2007 Supp.38-2374, and amendments thereto; or

      (5)   using any other juvenile justice program available in the judicialdistrict.

      (b)   The supervision fee established by this section shall be charged andcollected by the clerk of the district court.

      (c)   All moneys collected by this section shall be paid into the countygeneral fund and used to fund communityjuvenile justice programs.

      (d)   The juvenile offender shall not be eligible for early release fromsupervision unless the supervision fee has been paid.

      (e)   An annual report shall be filed with the commissioner of juvenilejustice from every judicial district concerning the supervision fees. Thereport shall include figures concerning: (1) The amount of supervision feesordered to bepaid; (2) the amount of supervision fees actually paid; and (3) the amount ofexpenditures and to whom such expenditures were paid.

      (f)   The court may waive all or part of the supervision fee established bythis section upon a showing that such fee will result in an undue hardship tosuch juvenile offender or the parent or guardian of such juvenile offender.

      History:   L. 1997, ch. 156, § 2;L. 2006, ch. 169, § 91; Jan. 1, 2007.