Private Acts of 1991 Chapter 93

SECTION 1. There is hereby created in Tipton County, a general sessions court administered probation and safety program. The court administered probation and safety program shall include but not be limited to probation services, a traffic school, a DUI school, and an early intervention program or youth alcohol safety education program.

SECTION 2. The judge of the general sessions court is authorized and empowered to oversee the administration of the court administered probation and 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) per month for all adults placed on probation. There is established a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to enroll in the traffic school. With respect to the DUI school, there is established an enrollment fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150). There is established a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the early intervention program or youth alcohol safety education program. Fees shall be collected by thecounty probation officer or the court’s other designated representative and paid directly to the county general fund within the time provided by statute for all other fees. All persons receiving or handling fund under this section shall be properly bonded. Such fees may be increased by resolution of the Tipton County Commission. The county probation officer is authorized to handle matters in both the general sessions and juvenile court of Tipton County.
 

SECTION 4. A budget for the court administered probation and 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 5. All funds collected pursuant to this act shall be allocated to the court administered probation and safety program and may only be expended for purposes reasonably related to the effectuation of such program.

SECTION 6. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect 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 7. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of Tipton County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 8. 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 7.
Passed: May 2, 1991.