20-369.   Domestic violence special program fee;disposition; expenditure of fund.(a) If a judicial district creates a local fund under thisact[*], the court may impose a fee as provided in this section againstanydefendant for crimes involving a family or household member as provided inK.S.A.21-3412a, and amendments thereto. The chief judge of eachjudicialdistrict where such fee is imposed shall set the amount of such fee by rulesadopted 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 pursuantto recommendations of the chief judge under this act. All moneys collected bythis section shall be paid into the domestic violence special programs fund inthe county where the fee is collected, as established by the judicial districtand as authorized by this act.

      (c)   Expenditures made in each judicial district shall be determined by thechief judge and shall be paid to domestic violence programs administered by thecourt and to local programs within the judicial district that enhance acoordinated community justice response to the issue of domestic violence.

      History:   L. 2001, ch. 177, § 14; July 1.