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Board flags state pretrial fee restriction and potential budget shortfall for services
Summary
During certification review the board learned a pretrial statute appears to bar charging pretrial service fees unless a person has a prior conviction and is not indigent. Members warned this could substantially reduce program revenue and asked staff to draft proposed language and outreach to state officials.
Board members raised a regulatory issue March 5 after a site‑certification review flagged language in the pretrial statute that may bar collecting fees from people on pretrial supervision unless they have a prior conviction and are not indigent.
Staff member Vicky summarized the certification findings: reviewers "scoured" program documents and identified a pretrial…
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