20-369. Domestic violence special program fee; disposition; expenditure of fund.
20-369
20-369. Domestic violence special program fee;
disposition; expenditure of fund.
(a) If a judicial district creates a local fund under this
act[*], the court may impose a fee as provided in this section against
any
defendant for crimes involving a family or household member as provided in
K.S.A.
21-3412a, and amendments thereto. The chief judge of each
judicial
district where such fee is imposed shall set the amount of such fee by rules
adopted in such judicial district in an amount not to exceed $100 per case.
(b) Such fees shall be deposited into the local fund and disbursed pursuant
to recommendations of the chief judge under this act. All moneys collected by
this section shall be paid into the domestic violence special programs fund in
the county where the fee is collected, as established by the judicial district
and as authorized by this act.
(c) Expenditures made in each judicial district shall be determined by the
chief judge and shall be paid to domestic violence programs administered by the
court and to local programs within the judicial district that enhance a
coordinated community justice response to the issue of domestic violence.
History: L. 2001, ch. 177, § 14; July 1.