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Gilbert staff propose new prosecutor diversion fee and codify court service charges
Summary
Staff proposed an ordinance to codify existing Gilbert Youth and Adult Resources and forensic lab fees, introduce a new $200 prosecutor diversion fee to fund a paralegal, and consider a detention cost‑recovery fee; judges could waive some traditional court fees for hardship but staff said the diversion fee would not be waivable.
Chris, identified in the study session as court staff, presented a proposed ordinance to create section 22‑40 of the Gilbert town code that would formalize several court program and services fees and add new cost‑recovery charges.
Chris described two existing fees the ordinance would codify: the Gilbert Youth and Adult Resources (YAR) counseling/screening fee and a forensic laboratory fee charged for DUI cases based on a contract with the Mesa crime lab. "We have a contract with the Mesa crime lab. They charge us a fee. That fee then gets tacked on to... the defendant when they're…
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