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Probation director outlines AOIC guidance on probation fees; committee amends budget lines and sends packet to finance
Summary
Probation Director Chuck told the county committee AOIC and Supreme Court guidance now limits the use of probation service fees and requires applying a 70/30 client-service formula, prompting movement of several formerly probation-funded line items into the general fund.
LaSalle County Probation Director Chuck told the Finance & Judiciary Committee the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC), under guidance from the Illinois Supreme Court, has issued clearer limits on what probation service fees may fund. Chuck said the clarification requires the department to apply a 70/30 formula: if 70% of total budget expenditures are direct client services, up to 30% of probation-fee revenue may be applied to certain operational costs. The AOIC list restricts items that can be paid directly from probation service fees.
Chuck said items previously paid from probation fees—maintenance and repairs on vehicles,…
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