(a) In Baldwin County, a supervision fee of twenty dollars ($20) per month shall be levied against any person placed under supervised probation status of the Juvenile Court of Baldwin County, and shall be assessed, collected, waived, or determined as provided for in subsection (b). The supervision fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other costs and charges, including, but not limited to, court costs, fines, and restitution payments imposed on any person placed on supervised probation status of the Juvenile Court of Baldwin County.
Conference committee: A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of conferees from both chamber of a legislature which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
(b) The supervision fee imposed by this section shall be assessed against the probationer, his or her parent or guardian, or both individuals by the Juvenile Court of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit of Alabama or its successor. The fee shall be paid through the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Baldwin County for each month that the person is subject to supervised probation status pursuant to the order of the Juvenile Judge of Baldwin County. Notwithstanding the foregoing and only in cases of extreme financial hardship, as determined by the judge of the juvenile court, the fee may be waived or set at a lower amount than the fee provided in subsection (a).(c) In cases where the fees provided by this section are not paid, the Office of Juvenile Probation, along with the Office of the District Attorney of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, shall bring the delinquency in payment to the attention of the juvenile judge and assist in the collection of the same in the manner as other court-ordered monies.(d) The revenues derived from this section shall be credited on a monthly basis to a separate fund established and administered by the Baldwin County Commission, to be known as the Juvenile Supervision Services Fund, to be expended as necessary by the juvenile court to provide juvenile supervision services, such as those provided by the Office of Juvenile Probation and the Juvenile Conference Committee portion of the Judicial Volunteer Program in Baldwin County, to offset travel expenses, administrative expenses, and if necessary, to assist in paying salaries for juvenile probation officers and the juvenile volunteer coordinator.
