2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 431 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 431.597 Agreement of affiliation between county and crime stoppers organization -- Funding.
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431.597 Agreement of affiliation between county and crime stoppers
organization -- Funding.
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Any crime stoppers organization that enters into a written agreement of
affiliation, as provided in subsection (2) of this section, with a county in which
the organization operates shall be funded in part by a one dollar ($1) fee added
to court costs in that county. The fee shall be imposed on every person who is:
(a) Convicted of any misdemeanor or violation, other than a violation of KRS
Chapters 186, 187, 188, 189, or 189A; and
(b) Sentenced to pay a fine for the misdemeanor or violation, regardless of
whether the person is also incarcerated, or whether the fine is suspended,
waived, or otherwise not imposed.
Any crime stoppers organization may enter into a written agreement of
affiliation, approved by a fiscal court or urban-county council, with any county,
or with any number of counties, in which the organization operates.
Agreements of affiliation shall be valid for two (2) years and may be renewed.
The agreements shall specify:
(a) The relationship between the crime stoppers organization, the county,
and law enforcement agencies in the county; and
(b) That the crime stoppers organization shall account annually to the fiscal
court or urban-county council for all funds raised by the organization from
all sources and all funds expended by the organization for any purpose.
The agreement shall allow the crime stoppers organization to identify the
sources of funds raised generically rather than by name. The agreement
shall not require the crime stoppers organization to divulge the amounts
of individual rewards paid nor the identity of any person to whom a reward
was paid.
In every county where an agreement of affiliation is approved, the county clerk
shall notify the circuit clerk to collect the fee required by this section. The circuit
clerk shall collect the fee for two (2) years from the date the agreement was
signed. When the circuit clerk pays fines and costs over to the state, the circuit
clerk shall pay all money collected under this section to the crime stoppers
organization named in the agreement.
The crime stoppers fee shall not be waived or suspended. Failure to pay the
fee shall be treated as a failure to pay a fine under KRS Chapter 534.
Crime stoppers organizations may use the funds they receive under this
section for any purpose authorized by KRS 431.575.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 337, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.
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