431.597 Agreement of affiliation between county and crime stoppers organization -
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- Funding.
(1)Any crime stoppers organization that enters into a written agreement of affiliation,
as provided in subsection
(2)of this section, with a county in which the
organization operates shall be funded in part by a one dollar ($1) fee added to court
costs in that county. The fee shall be imposed on every person who is:
(a)Convicted of any misdemeanor or violation, other than a violation of KRS
Chapters 186, 187, 188, 189, or 189A; and
(b)Sentenced to pay a fine for the misdemeanor or violation, regardless of
whether the person is also incarcerated, or whether the fine is suspended,
waived, or otherwise not imposed.
(2)Any crime stoppers organization may enter into a written agreement of affiliation,
approved by a fiscal court or urban-county council, with any county, or with any
number of counties, in which the organization operates. Agreements of affiliation
shall be valid for two
(2)years and may be renewed. The agreements shall specify:
(a)The relationship between the crime stoppers organization, the county, and law
enforcement agencies in the county; and
(b)That the crime stoppers organization shall account annually to the fiscal court
or urban-county council for all funds raised by the organization from all
sources and all funds expended by the organization for any purpose. The
agreement shall allow the crime stoppers organization to identify the sources
of funds raised generically rather than by name. The agreement shall not
require the crime stoppers organization to divulge the amounts of individual
rewards paid nor the identity of any person to whom a reward was paid.
(3)In every county where an agreement of affiliation is approved, the county clerk shall
notify the circuit clerk to collect the fee required by this section. The circuit clerk
shall collect the fee for two
(2)years from the date the agreement was signed. When
the circuit clerk pays fines and costs over to the state, the circuit clerk shall pay all
money collected under this section to the crime stoppers organization named in the
agreement.
(4)The crime stoppers fee shall not be waived or suspended. Failure to pay the fee
shall be treated as a failure to pay a fine under KRS Chapter 534.
(5)Crime stoppers organizations may use the funds they receive under this section for
any purpose authorized by KRS 431.575.