Private Acts of 1987 Chapter 96

SECTION 1. There is hereby created in Sumner County, a General Sessions Court, Division I, Court Administered Safety Program. The Court Administered Safety Program shall include but not be limited to a traffic school and a DUI school.

SECTION 2. The Judge of the General Sessions Court, Division I, is authorized and empowered to oversee the administration of the Court Administered Safety Program. There shall be established such financial accounts as are necessary to administer this program. Complete books and records of all fees received and all expenditures made shall be kept monthly.

SECTION 3. There is established a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for persons to enroll in the traffic school. With respect to the DUI school, there is established an enrollment fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). Fees shall be collected by the Director of the Court Administered Safety Program and paid directly to the County General Fund within the time provided by statute. All persons receiving or handling funds under this Section shall be properly bonded. Such fees may be increased by resolution of this county commission.

SECTION 4. The minimum requirements for Director of the Court Administered Safety Program shall be as follows:

(a) A degree in social services or other related field with five (5) years experience in chemical dependency, treatment and aftercare;
(b) Experience in training and in management;
(c) Proven ability to work with court, probation and criminal justice systems; and
(d) Effective communication skills

SECTION 5. A budget for the Court Administered Safety Program shall be compiled annually and submitted to the Budget and Finance Committee and the County Commission for approval at the appropriate time.

SECTION 6. All funds collected pursuant to this act shall be allocated to the Court Administered Safety Program and may only be expended for purposes reasonably related to the effectuation of this act.

SECTION 7. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 8. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Sumner County before October 1, 1987. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 9. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 8.
Passed: April 29, 1987.