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HOUSE BILL NO. 16 – Courts, fee, POST, increased

HOUSE BILL NO. 16

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H0016........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                     Requested by: Idaho State Police
COURTS - FEES - Amends existing law to provide for an increase in the
penalty assessment funds charged by the courts for Peace Officers Standards
and Training purposes.
                                                                        
01/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
    Rpt prt - to Jud

Bill Text


                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 16
                                                                        
                                       BY MR. SPEAKER
                              Requested by: Idaho State Police
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING; AMENDING SECTION  31-3201B,
  3        IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN PENALTY ASSESSMENT FUNDS AND TO
  4        MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 31-3201B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        31-3201B.  PEACE  OFFICERS  STANDARDS AND TRAINING -- FEE. The court shall
  9    charge a fee of six nine dollars ($69.00) for  peace  officers  standards  and
 10    training purposes to be paid by each person found guilty of any felony or mis-
 11    demeanor,  or found to have committed an infraction or any minor traffic, con-
 12    servation or ordinance violation, except for cars unlawfully left or parked or
 13    when the court orders such fee waived  because  the  person  is  indigent  and
 14    unable to pay such fee; provided, however, that the judge or magistrate may in
 15    his  discretion  consolidate  separate nonmoving traffic offenses into one (1)
 16    offense for purposes of assessing such fee. Such fees shall be in addition  to
 17    all  other  fines and fees levied. Such fees shall be paid to the county trea-
 18    surer who shall, within five (5) days after the end of  the  month,  pay  such
 19    fees  into the state treasurer for deposit in the peace officers standards and
 20    training account.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                           RS 10547

POST Academy is funded solely from dedicated funds through a 
penalty assessment from Idaho Code 31-3201B.  The POST budget 
is presently more than the revenue generated through this 
assessment.  This proposal amends Idaho Code 31-3201B to raise 
the assessment from six dollars ($6.00) to nine dollars ($9.00), 
effective July 1, 2001.  Without an increase, POST will have 
to drastically cut back its operations and charge a large 
tuition to city, county and state agencies for sending their 
officers to the basic training academy.  This fee increase has 
the full support of the POST Council, the Idaho Association of 
Chiefs' of Police and the Idaho Sheriffs' Association.

                        FISCAL NOTE

There will be no fiscal impact to the state of Idaho or other 
levels of government.  The increase in needed revenues for the 
POST Academy would be generated from the actual law violators, 
not the citizens of Idaho in general.

CONTACT:
Name: Ann Thompson, Policy, Planning and Budget Manager
Agency: Idaho State Police
Phone: (208) 884-7000

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note        Bill No. H16