(A) Work release intake fee. A work release intake fee (“intake fee”) shall be assessed by the County Sheriff to all persons processed by or enrolled in the County Work Release Program (“Program”), as follows.
(1) The intake fee shall be in the sum of $75 for a resident of the county, and $175 for nonresidents.
(2) The intake fee shall be payable upon acceptance into the Program and prior to commencement of Program.
(3) The intake fee shall be collected by the County Sheriff upon such terms and conditions as are acceptable to the Sheriff.
(B) The County Work Release Intake Fee Fund.
(1) There shall be established the County Work Release Intake Fee Fund (“Intake Fee Fund”). All intake fees received by the Sheriff shall be deposited into the Intake Fee Fund, a non-reverting fund.
(2) Appropriations may be made from the Intake Fee Fund for the following purposes: to offset the cost of materials and supplies used for the operation of the work release center.
(C) Supervision fees.
(1) (a) The Sheriff shall collect a daily fee from each person enrolled in the Program, which fee shall be the greater of:
1. Ten dollars per day; or
2. An amount equivalent to one hour of wages for the person per day.
(b) In addition to the daily fees set forth above, each person enrolled in the Program shall reimburse the county for meals in the sum of $1.50 for each meal.
(2) All sums collected under this section shall be known as supervision fees, shall be collected by the County Sheriff and shall be deposited into the County General Fund. The sums collected under this section are for room and board, pursuant to I.C. 11-12-5-3(a)(4).
(D) General provisions.
(1) The express or implied repeal or amendment by this section of any other ordinance or part of any other ordinance does not affect any rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred, or procedures begun prior to the effective date of this section. Those rights, liabilities and proceedings are continued, and penalties shall be imposed and enforced under the repealed or amended ordinance as if this section had not been adopted.
(2) No part of this section shall be interpreted to conflict with any local, state or federal laws, and all reasonable efforts should be made to harmonize same. Should any section or part thereof of this section be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any other portion thereof other than that portion so declared to be invalid, and for this purpose the provisions of this section are hereby declared to be severable.
(3) This section shall be effective upon passage according to law.
(Ord. 1-2-31, passed 4-4-2011; Ord. 1-2-31.1, passed 5-16-2011)