Sec. 23. (a) The board shall adopt rules establishing a range of fees that may be assessed to an eligible individual to receive problem solving court services under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-23-16-23

  • board: refers to the board of directors of the judicial conference of Indiana under IC 33-38-9-4. See Indiana Code 33-23-16-1
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • problem solving court: means a court providing a process for immediate and highly structured judicial intervention for eligible individuals that incorporates the following problem solving concepts:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-8

     (b) A court that has established a problem solving court under this chapter may require eligible individuals to pay a fee for problem solving court services.

     (c) If a fee is required under subsection (b), the court shall adopt by local court rule a schedule of fees, consistent with the rules adopted by the board under subsection (a), to be assessed for problem solving court services.

     (d) The problem solving court or the clerk of the court shall collect fees under this section. The fees must be transferred within thirty (30) days after the fees are collected, for deposit by the auditor or fiscal officer in the appropriate user fee fund established under IC 33-37-8.

     (e) Fees collected under this section must be used only to fund problem solving court services under this chapter.

As added by P.L.108-2010, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.136-2012, SEC.10; P.L.95-2013, SEC.4.