San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 3.80 Cost Recovery System for Booking Fee Collections

This chapter is adopted pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code, §§ 29550 et seq. as the same may now exist or hereafter be amended.

(Ord. MC-1002, passed 9-15-1997)

The proceeds from this program shall be used to reimburse the city’s General Fund for costs charged by the county for the booking or other processing of persons arrested and other costs incurred in connection therewith.

(Ord. MC-1002, passed 9-15-1997)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

CITY. The City of San Bernardino.

COUNTY. The County of San Bernardino.

(Ord. MC-1002, passed 9-15-1997)

Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code, § 29550, the city shall charge a fee equal to the fee assessed by the county to the city for the booking or other processing of persons arrested, at the request of the city, to the person arrested, if that person is convicted of a criminal offense related to said arrest.

(Ord. MC-1002, passed 9-15-1997)

Fees collected shall be limited to those provided under Cal. Gov’t Code, §§ 29550 et seq. The actual cost of recovery over and above the criminal justice administrative fees shall be charged to the person convicted if applicable.

(Ord. MC-1002, passed 9-15-1997)

In any section, division, part, clause, sentence or phrase of this chapter or the application thereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter, the application thereof and the fee imposed shall not be effected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect, it being the intention of the City Council to adopt each and every section, division, part, clause, sentence or phrase regardless of whether any other section, division, part, clause, sentence or phrase or the application thereof if held to be invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. MC-1002, passed 9-15-1997)