Tennessee § 8-21-402 Fee collected for construction and maintenance of new facilities for juvenile courts

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§ 8-21-402 — Fee collected for construction and maintenance of new facilities for juvenile courts

Tennessee § 8-21-402

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-402 (2026).

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(a)By a two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) vote of the county legislative body of any county having a population of not less than one hundred eighty-three thousand one hundred (183,100), nor more than one hundred eighty-three thousand two hundred (183,200), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerks of all special juvenile courts and all courts of general sessions having juvenile court jurisdiction may collect the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) from any person who:

(1)Enters a plea of guilty;

(2)Enters a plea of nolo contendere;

(3)Is adjudicated at trial, or whose case is handled under pretrial diversion or retirement; or (4) Is found in violation of the terms and conditions of a probationary or valid court order.

(b)The fee described in subsection (a)

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(a) By a two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) vote of the county legislative body of any county having a population of not less than one hundred eighty-three thousand one hundred (183,100), nor more than one hundred eighty-three thousand two hundred (183,200), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the clerks of all special juvenile courts and all courts of general sessions having juvenile court jurisdiction may collect the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) from any person who: (1) Enters a plea of guilty; (2) Enters a plea of nolo contendere; (3) Is adjudicated at trial, or whose case is handled under pretrial diversion or retirement; or (4) Is found in violation of the terms and conditions of a probationary or valid court order. (b) The fee described in subsection (a) shall be subject to § 8-21-401 and shall be in addition to all other taxes, costs, and fines. (c) The purpose of the fee described in subsection (a) shall be designated for construction of new facilities for juvenile courts in their respective counties. The fee shall be deposited by the clerk of the collecting court into a dedicated county fund. The fund shall not revert to the county general fund at the end of the fiscal year, but shall remain for the purposes set out in this subsection (c). The money collected shall be used exclusively for the creation and maintenance of new facilities for juvenile courts.