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Commissioners defer decision on $50 juvenile diversion fee, judges to meet before county acts
Summary
Tarrant County commissioners voted unanimously to take no action on setting a $50 fee for parents under a new Class C juvenile diversion program and asked justice-of-the-peace judges to meet and return a recommendation because of concerns about judicial discretion and logistical collection issues.
Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Thursday deferred action on whether to set a $50 parental fee tied to a new Class C juvenile diversion program enacted by the Legislature, asking local justice-of-the-peace judges to meet and return a recommendation.
The presiding official said the proposed fee, if imposed by the county, could remove judicial discretion by requiring assessment unless a parent is found indigent. "It doesn't seem to give the…
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