§ 53-514. Prohibition on collecting fee for committing and discharging convicted inmates to and from the county jail.

(a)

Beginning January 1, 2019, the director of corrections and undersheriff shall not charge the thirty-dollar processing fee referenced in section 30-1-104(1)(n), C.R.S ("fee"). The director of correction and undersheriff shall refund to the inmate any such fee collected after the effective date of this bill and before January 1, 2019.

(b)

An inmate who has paid the fee before January 1, 2019, may request a refund by notifying the city. The notification and refund of the fee shall be made pursuant to the rules and regulations and/or internal guidelines developed under section 53-516 below. Any claim by such inmate or any person or entity lawfully claiming by or through such inmate must be presented no later than two (2) years from the final date establishing the non-conviction of the inmate, or be forever barred.

(c)

Fund account(s) shall be established by the director of corrections and undersheriff in collaboration with the city treasurer for the receipt, management, and utilization of the fee until all fees collected before January 1, 2019 are refunded or otherwise exhausted, at which point the fund accounts shall close.

(Ord. No. 342-05, § 4, 5-16-05; Ord. No. 1331-18, § 1, 12-3-18)

Editor's Note

Ord. No. 1331-18, § 1, adopted December 3, 2018, renamed § 53-514 from "imposition of fee for committing and discharging convicted inmates to and from the county jail" to "prohibition on collecting fee for committing and discharging convicted inmates to and from the county jail."