Butte County Municipal Code Art. II Probation Costs

This article is authorized pursuant to section 1203.1(b) of the Penal Code, which section authorizes the court to order payment of the costs of probation, the presentence investigation, and preparing the presentence report.

(Ord. No. 2393A, § 1, 3-20-84)

The court, pursuant to section 1203.1(b) of the Penal Code, may, after a hearing, make a determination of the ability of a probationer to pay all or a portion of the reasonable cost of probation and of conducting the presentence investigation and preparing the presentence report. At the court's request, the treasurer/tax collector may provide assistance to the court as necessary to determine the person's ability to pay as defined in Penal Code section 1203.1(b).

(Ord. No. 2393A, § 1, 3-20-84)

Fees in the Probation Department shall be as adopted by Resolution of the Board of Supervisors as part of the Butte County Master Fee Schedule.

These fees are subject to periodic adjustment based on the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (ECI) for State and Local Government.

(Ord. No. 2393A, § 1, 3-20-84; Ord. No. 3880, § 15, 6-22-04; Ord. No. 3940, § 24, 10-10-06; Ord. No. 3945, § 16, 11-21-06; Ord. No. 3971, § 16, 11-27-07; Ord. No. 4001, § 31, 3-24-09)

The chief probation officer shall collect any costs ordered to be paid by the court.

(Ord. No. 2393A, § 1, 3-20-84)

The chief probation officer shall prepare a payment schedule for reimbursement of the costs of presentence investigation, presentence report and probation supervision, which payment schedule shall be approved by the presiding judge of the municipal and the superior court.

(Ord. No. 2393A, § 1, 3-20-84)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4139, § 9, adopted October 24, 2017, repealed § 36-15. Former § 36-15 pertained to periodic adjustment to probation fees and derived from Ord. No. 3940, adopted October 10, 2006.