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§ 33.10  INSUFFICIENT FUNDS FEE.
   (A)   Establishment of the imposition of a fee for drafts returned due to insufficient funds. A fee of $30 shall be charged by the Treasurer to any person or entity making a draft payable to the order of the county government or any of its subdivisions, which draft is returned for insufficient funds, plus any costs charged by the depository bank to the county.
   (B)   Deposits into the fund. All monies received by the Treasurer from imposition of the fee shall be deposited into the Treasurer Fund.
(Ord. 6-2010, passed 4-15-2010)
§ 33.11  COURTS TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT LATE FEES.
   (A)   Pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 33-37-5-22(a), and except as provided in division (D) below, the courts of the county shall be entitled to impose and collect late fees pursuant to the provisions of this section if all of the following apply.
      (1)   The defendant is found, in a court that has a local court rule imposing a late payment fee under this section, to have:
         (a)   Committed a crime;
         (b)   Violated a statute defining an infraction;
         (c)   Violated an ordinance of a municipal corporation; or
         (d)   Committed a delinquent act.
      (2)   The defendant is required to pay:
         (a)   Court costs, including fees;
         (b)   A fine; or
         (c)   A civil penalty.
      (3)   The defendant is not determined by the court imposing the court costs, fine or civil penalty to be indigent.
      (4)   The defendant fails to pay to the clerk the costs, fine or civil penalty in full before the later of the following:
         (a)   The end of the business day on which the court enters the conviction or judgment; and
         (b)   The end of the period specified in a payment schedule set for the payment of court costs, fines and civil penalties under rules adopted for the operation of the court.
   (B)   Pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 33-37-5-22(c), and subject to division (C) below, the clerk of a court that imposes a late payment fee under this section shall collect a late payment fee of $25 from a defendant described in division (A) above.
   (C)   Notwithstanding I.C. 33-37-2-2, a court may suspend a late payment fee if the court finds that the defendant has demonstrated good cause for failure to make a timely payment of court costs, a fine or a civil penalty.
   (D)   Pursuant to I.C. 33-37-5-22(e), a plaintiff or defendant in an action under I.C. 33-34 shall pay a late fee of $25 if the plaintiff or defendant:
      (1)   Is required to pay court fees or costs under I.C. 33-34-8-1;
      (2)   Is not determined by the court imposing the court costs to be indigent; and
      (3)   Fails to pay the costs in full before the later of the following:
         (a)   The end of the business day on which the court enters the judgment; and
         (b)   The end of the period specified in a payment schedule set for the payment of court costs under rules adopted for the operation of the court.
(Ord. 9-2010, passed 7-8-2010)
§ 33.12  REAL PROPERTY ENDORSEMENT FEES.
   (A)   The Auditor of the county shall collect a fee of $5 for each real property endorsement of the legal description for each lot, parcel or tract contained within in each deed for which the Auditor makes a real property endorsement.
   (B)   The fees established by this section shall be in addition to any other fees provided by law.
   (C)   The Auditor shall be deposited by the Auditor into the county’s dedicated Plat Book Maintenance Fund, and such funds may be disbursed upon proper appropriation and/or claims approval for all legal purposes of such fund.
   (D)   This section replaces and supercedes all prior ordinances establishing real property endorsement fees to be assessed and collected by the Auditor.
(Ord. 9-2011, passed 4-14-2011)
§ 33.13  PRETRIAL AND PROBATION SERVICES FEE COLLECTION PROCEDURES.
   (A)   Every recital in the ordinance codified herein is adopted and made a term of this section.
   (B)   This section places into effect, in the county court system, the optional procedures for fee collection by the Clerk of the court’s deposit procedures as set forth in I.C. 35-33-8-3.3(a) through (d) whenever such procedures are ordered into effect, for a particular defendant in a court, pursuant to order of a court of record under I.C. 35-33-8-3.3(b).
   (C)   The charges to be imposed by the supervising county court of record are established by the General Assembly of the state and the Board recognizes same;
   (D)   Pursuant to I.C. 35-33-8-3.3(e) and (i), a probation officer and/or an employee of the County Probation Department may collect, pursuant to order of court:
      (1)   An initial pretrial services fee of not more than $100;
      (2)   A monthly pretrial services fee of at least $15 and not more than $30 for each month a defendant remains on bail and is under court-ordered supervision by a probation officer; and
      (3)   An administrative fee of $100.
   (E)   The above collections are to occur if a defendant has a prior unrelated conviction for any offense is charged with a new offense and is placed under pretrial (or other) supervision of a probation officer by an order of court. The courts are guided by statute to impose this fee to ensure:
      (1)   Defendant’s appearance in court; or
      (2)   The physical safety of the community or of another person.
   (F)   The county fiscal body shall appropriate money from the Probation Fund for purposes set forth in I.C. 35-33-8-3.3(f) through (g).
   (G)   All money collected by the Probation Department under the foregoing statute and under this section shall be transferred to the County Treasurer (I.C. 35-33-8-3.3), who shall deposit 50% of same into the County Supplemental Adult Probation Services Fund (“Probation Fund”) and 50% into the County Supplemental Public Defender Fund (I.C. 33-40-3-1).
   (H)   The County Probation Department, by its Chief Probation Officer, is authorized to take steps necessary to accept payment of the pretrial services fee by credit card (I.C. 35-33-8-3.3(m)). The Chief Probation Officer is hereby authorized to make arrangements for credit card payment capability in the County Probation Department, and may also collect a credit card service fee from the person using the credit card, as authorized by I.C. 35-33-8-3.3(n). All fees hereunder may also be made in cash (not by check) to the Probation Department.
   (I)   The said Chief Probation Officer is also authorized to establish credit card payment options, including charging a service fee for payment of other probation user fees and monies from a defendant on probation pursuant to an order of court, as authorized by I.C. 35-38-2-1(l) and (m).
   (J)   All other applicable provisions of I.C. 35-33-8-3.3 are recognized by the Board as applicable to this section and the procedures addressed herein.
(Ord. 22-2011, passed 10-27-2011)
§ 33.14  SERVICE FEES FOR THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
   (A)   The fee schedule attached to the ordinance codified in this section shall be granted and is considered the base rate for any future fee schedule increases.
   (B)   The fees are not to exceed the cost of services and the County Board of Health is to comply with I.C. 16-20-1-27.
   (C)   The County Board of Health shall be granted the ability to make necessary changes to the fee schedule; however, future increases in the fee schedule exceeding $100 from the base rate will take this Board’s approval.
   (D)   This section shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and promulgation as evidenced by the affirmative signatures of the undersigned as the majority of the duly elected and serving members of the Board.
(Ord. 3-2013, passed 2-28-2013)