IN HB1049

County legislative bodies may adopt ordinances requiring criminal defendants convicted of felonies or misdemeanors to pay a county public safety fee of $50-$200, set by the court based on the defendant's ability to pay.

Court clerks collect the fees and deposit them into county public safety funds established in counties that adopt the fee ordinance.

County public safety funds may only be used for law enforcement systems, firefighting systems, emergency medical services, probation departments, community corrections programs, detention facilities, and medical/health expenses for jail inmates, subject to county fiscal body appropriation.

County auditors administer the funds, and any unspent money at year-end does not revert to the general fund; investment earnings remain in the fund.

Effective July 1, 2014.