Section 9-201
§ 9-201 Probation administrative fee.
a. In accordance with section 257-c of the executive law, any
individual 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 shall pay to the department of probation an
administrative fee of thirty dollars per month.
b. The provisions of subdivision six of section 420.10 of the criminal
procedure law shall govern for purposes of collection of the
administrative fee.
c. The administrative fee authorized by this subdivision shall not
constitute, nor be imposed, as a condition of probation.
d. The department of probation shall waive all or part of the
administrative fee where, because of the indigence of the offender, the
payment of the administrative fee 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.
e. In the event of non-payment of any fees that have not been waived
by the department of probation, the city of New York may seek to enforce
payment in any manner permitted by law for enforcement of a debt.
f. Monies collected pursuant to this section shall be utilized for
probation services by the department of probation.
Section 9-202
§ 9-202 Investigation fee.
a. In accordance with section 252-a of the family court act, when
ordered by the court to conduct an investigation pursuant to section six
hundred fifty-three of the family court act, the department of probation
shall receive an investigation fee of not less than fifty dollars and
not more than five hundred dollars from the parties in such proceeding
for performing such investigation.
b. Such investigation fee shall be determined by the court based on
the party's ability to pay the fee, and the schedule for payment shall
be fixed by the court issuing the order for investigation, pursuant to
the guidelines issued by the director of the New York state division of
probation and correctional alternatives.
c. The court, in its discretion, may waive the investigation fee when
the parties lack sufficient means to pay the fee.
d. The court shall apportion the investigation fee between the parties
based upon the respective financial circumstances of the parties and the
equities of the case.
e. Fees pursuant to this section shall be paid directly to the
department of probation to be retained and utilized for local probation
services.