20-369. Domestic violence special program fee; disposition; expenditure of fund. (a) If a judicial district creates a local fund, the court may impose a fee as provided in this section against any defendant for crimes involving a family or household member as provided in K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5414, and amendments thereto, and against any defendant found to have committed a domestic violence offense pursuant to K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 22-4615, and amendments thereto. The chief judge of each judicial district where such fee is imposed shall set the amount of such fee by rules adopted in such judicial district in an amount not to exceed $100 per case.
(b) Such fees shall be deposited into the local fund and disbursed pursuant to recommendations of the chief judge under this act. All moneys collected by this section shall be paid into the domestic violence special programs fund in the county where the fee is collected, as established by the judicial district.
(c) Expenditures made in each judicial district shall be determined by the chief judge and shall be paid to domestic violence programs administered by the court and to local programs within the judicial district that enhance a coordinated community justice response to the issue of domestic violence.
History: L. 2001, ch. 177, § 14; L. 2010, ch. 101, § 4; L. 2011, ch. 91, § 10; July 1.
Section was also amended by L. 2011, ch. 30, § 109, but that version was repealed by L. 2011, ch. 91 § 41.
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