Chapter 2 - Department of Probation.

Section 9-201

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

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.