§ 45-56-81 — Juvenile Court Services Fund

(a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit and district court cases in Randolph County, an additional court charge of three dollars ($3) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the court. This charge shall not be collected on small claims cases. When collected by the clerk of the court, the additional court charge shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Court Services Fund.
(b)
In
addition
to
all
other
costs
and
charges
of
court
in
Randolph
County,
a monthly
supervision
fee
may
be
assessed
in
juvenile
cases
by
the
judges
of
the juvenile court.
The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court office and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund.
(c)(1) The Juvenile Court Services Fund is created for the deposit of the court
cost
fees
specified
in
this
section.
The
fund
shall
be
maintained
in
an interest bearing account under the supervision of the Juvenile Court Judge of Randolph County.
(2) Any funds appropriated from the Juvenile Court Services Fund shall be expended solely for juvenile programs, for subsistence for the juvenile court services staff in the county, to aid the functions of the juvenile court, and for the benefit of the children of Randolph County.
Any funds
expended shall be authorized by the Juvenile Court Judge of Randolph
County.

Legislative History

(Act 94–601, p. 1115, §§ 1–3.)