KRS 23A.208: Additional fee for sex crime, stalking, or related inchoate offenses.
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 23A
(1) In addition to fees created by KRS 23A.205, 23A.206, and 23A.2065, an
administrative fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be added to the costs that the
defendant is required to pay for the following crimes:
(a) A sex crime, meaning an offense described in:
1. KRS Chapter 510;
2. KRS 530.020;
3. KRS 530.064(1)(a);
4. KRS 531.310; and
5. KRS 531.320;
(b) Stalking, meaning conduct prohibited under KRS 508.130; and
(c) A criminal attempt, conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit the
crimes set forth in this subsection.
(2) The first one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) of each fee collected under this section
shall be placed into the general fund, and the remain der of the fee shall be allocated
by the clerk of the court on a quarterly basis to the Safe at Home Program fund
established in KRS 14.260 to be used solely to establish, operate, and maintain the
Safe at Home Program established in KRS 14.302.
(3) The court may waive all or any portion of the fee required by this section if the
court finds that a person subject to the surcharge is indigent or financially unable to
pay all or any portion of the surcharge. The court may waive only the portion of the
surcharge that the court finds the person is financially unable to pay.
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