N.Y. Executive Law § 257-c: Probation administrative fee

* § 257-c. Probation administrative fee. 1. Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, every county and the city of New York, may adopt a

local law requiring individuals currently serving or who shall be

sentenced to a period of probation upon conviction of any crime under

article thirty-one of the vehicle and traffic law to pay to the local

probation department with the responsibility of supervising the

probationer an administrative fee of thirty dollars per month. The

department shall waive all or part of such fee where, because of the

indigence of the offender, the payment of said surcharge would work an

unreasonable hardship on the person convicted, his or her immediate

family, or any other person who is dependent on such person for

financial support.

2. The provisions of subdivision six of section 420.10 of the criminal

procedure law shall govern for purposes of collection of the

administrative fee.

3. The probation administrative fee authorized by this section shall

not constitute nor be imposed as a condition of probation.

4. In the event of non-payment of any fees which have not been waived

by the local probation department, the county or the city of New York

may seek to enforce payment in any manner permitted by law for

enforcement of a debt.

5. Monies collected pursuant to this section shall be utilized for

probation services by the local probation department. Such moneys shall

not be considered by the division when determining state aid pursuant to

section two hundred forty-six of the executive law. Monies collected

shall not be used to replace federal funds otherwise utilized for

probation services.

* NB Expires September 1, 2027