File #: 2022-0380    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/4/2022 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/15/2022
Enactment date: 11/29/2022 Enactment #: 19536
Title: AN ORDINANCE eliminating electronic monitoring fees for all program participants; and repealing Ordinance 12917, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.640.010.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: Fees
Code sections: 4A.640.010 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19536, 2. 2022-0380 transmittal letter, 3. 2022-0380 Legislative Review Form, 4. 2022-0380 fiscal note, 5. 2022-0380_SR_Krekel-Zoppi_EHMfees_ml 10-25-22, 6. 2022-0380_SR_Krekel-Zoppi_EHMfees_11-8-22, 7. 2022-0380--Seattle Times - Invoice #42183 - $196.24
Staff: Zoppi, Leah

Drafter

Clerk 09/27/2022

Title

AN ORDINANCE eliminating electronic monitoring fees for all program participants; and repealing Ordinance 12917, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.640.010.

Body

PREAMBLE:

King County's department of adult and juvenile detention through its community corrections division manages an electronic monitoring program as an alternative to secure detention.  Program participants are required to pay fees for monitoring and equipment rental pursuant to K.C.C. 4A.640.010.  Such fees can impact a person's ability to participate in the program.  The executive removed the fee requirements throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in order to make the program accessible to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.  This ordinance removes the fee requirements for the program permanently.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  Ordinance 12917, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.640.010 are hereby repealed.