(a) A supervision fee in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per month is imposed upon every offender serving a sentence under the supervision of a community corrections grantee. The fee may be waived in those cases determined to be hardship cases, as defined in § 40-28-202.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Court: means the trial judge exercising sentencing jurisdiction over an eligible offender under this chapter and includes any successor of the trial judge. See Tennessee Code 40-36-102
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) The grantee shall be responsible for collecting and accounting for the fees.(c) Any fees collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the grantee and reported to the department of correction.(d) The department of correction shall offset the amount of any fees collected under this section against any sums due under the grant contract with the grantee.(e) The grantee shall make an investigation of the financial and other circumstances of any person under its supervision and, based upon the person’s ability to pay, shall require the person to pay thirty dollars ($30.00) for each month or portion of a month the person remains under the supervision of the grantee to the general fund beginning thirty (30) days from the date the offender is placed under the supervision of the grantee or, in the case of an offender, the date of employment. The payment required under this subsection (e) shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the offender’s net income. In cases of hardship as defined in § 40-28-202, the department of correction may modify the payment required by this subsection (e) to an appropriate amount given the nature and magnitude of the hardship.(f) In addition to any other fees imposed by this section, the trialcourt may assess an additional fee against any offender sentenced to participate in a community corrections program, either as a community corrections sentence or as a condition of probation, to offset the cost of the program; provided, that the program is one that has been certified by the department of correction as meeting promulgated criteria relating to achievement of goals and cost of the program.
