§ 12-61. Authority; purpose; jurisdiction; title.

(a)

Authority. The county is authorized by A.R.S. § 11-251.08(A) to adopt fee schedules for specific products and services the county provides to the public. In Arizona Attorney General's Opinion No. 195-63 (December 18, 2005), the attorney general determined that A.R.S. § 11-251.08(A) authorizes the board of supervisors to "establish fess for any specific products or services that the county provides to the public and to direct justice courts to collect any established court-related fees."

(b)

Purpose. It is the purpose of this article to establish an administrative fee schedule whereby the county may defray certain costs associated with the additional work related to issuing and processing numerous failure to appear warrants, suspension of driving privileges, and photo radar citations in the justice courts. It further establishes a court enhancement fee to provide funds supplemental to budgetary funds for advancing court operations in areas of technology, court security, and programs designed to improve court efficiency. This article also provides for the recovery of the actual per diem costs of incarceration as the result of a person being convicted and sentenced to a term of incarceration in the county jail by a justice of the peace.

(c)

Jurisdiction. This article shall apply to all justice courts in the county.

(d)

Title. This article shall be known as the Mohave County Justice Court Administrative Fee Schedule Ordinance.

( Ord. No. 1999-05 , § 1, 8-1-2009)