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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="6-226" title_number="6" title_name="Trial and Sentencing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Sentencing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “supervisee” means a person that the court places under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless the supervisee is exempt under subsection (d) of this section, the court shall impose a monthly fee of $50 on a supervisee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The fee imposed under this section shall be paid to the Division of Parole and Probation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Division of Parole and Probation shall pay the money collected under this section into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The court may exempt a supervisee as a whole or in part from the fee imposed under this section if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the supervisee has diligently tried but has been unable to obtain employment that provides sufficient income for the supervisee to pay the fee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the supervisee is a student in a school, college, or university or is enrolled in a course of vocational or technical training designed to prepare the student for gainful employment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>certification of student status is supplied to the court by the institution in which the supervisee is enrolled;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the supervisee has a handicap limiting employment, as determined by a physical or psychological examination accepted or ordered by the court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the supervisee is responsible for the support of dependents and the payment of the fee is an undue hardship on the supervisee; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>other extenuating circumstances exist.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The fee imposed by this section is in addition to court costs and fines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court may revoke probation for failure to make the required payment of the fee imposed under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the supervisee does not comply with the fee requirement, the Division of Parole and Probation shall notify the court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court shall hold a hearing to determine if there are sufficient grounds to find the supervisee in violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At a hearing under this subsection, the court may consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any material change in the supervisee’s financial status;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>good faith efforts of the supervisee to pay the fee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>alternative means to ensure payment of the fee before the period of supervision ends.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to fees imposed under this section, the Division of Parole and Probation may require a supervisee to pay:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for drug or alcohol abuse testing if the court orders testing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any monthly program fee provided under § 6-115 of the Correctional Services Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Failure to make a payment required for drug or alcohol abuse testing may be considered grounds for revocation of probation by the court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Division of Parole and Probation may exempt a supervisee as a whole or in part from a payment for testing if the Division determines that any of the criteria in subsection (d) of this section apply.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Division of Parole and Probation shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt guidelines for collecting the supervision fee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt guidelines for collecting the cost of drug and alcohol testing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>investigate requests for an exemption from payment, if the court requests an investigation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>keep records of all payments by each supervisee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>report delinquencies to the court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
