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DRUG COURT AND MENTAL HEALTH COURT FEE -- DRUG COURT AND MENTAL
HEALTH COURT FUND. Each person admitted into a drug court or mental health
court shall pay a drug court and mental health court fee in an amount not to
exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per month or a lesser amount as set by the
administrative district judge for participants in the drug court and mental
health court. For good cause, the judge presiding over a drug court or mental
health court may exempt a participant from paying all or a portion of the drug
court and mental health court fee. The fee imposed under this section shall be
paid to the clerk of the district court for deposit into the county drug court
and mental health court fund which is hereby created in each county that has a
drug court or mental health court. Moneys in this fund may be accumulated from
year to year and shall be expended exclusively for expenses incurred in
connection with the drug court or mental health court including, but not
limited to, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, drug testing,
supervision and private counseling services utilized by the drug court or
mental health court. Any failure to pay the drug court and mental health court
fee may constitute grounds for termination from drug court or mental health
court by the court, provided this shall not be the exclusive remedy for
collection of the fee. If a participant is terminated from the drug court or
mental health court prior to successful completion of the program and a
judgment of conviction is entered against the defendant, any unpaid drug court
and mental health court fee shall be ordered by the court in the judgment of
conviction, provided the court may order such fee to be waived if the court
determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the fee. Such fee
shall be in addition to all other fines and fees levied, and the payment of
such fee may also be ordered as a term and condition of probation.

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