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| $6.3M in fines, fees collected for county at no cost |
| By The Murfreesboro Post -Lisa Marchesoni |
| Published: 02/17/2009 |
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More than $6.3 million in fines and court costs were collected at no cost to county taxpayers just during the past two years from offenders convicted of less serious crimes. The Providence Community Corrections staff on West Main Street has contracted with the county for more than 12 years to collect fees from offenders as part of their probation. They also collected $1.3 million in fees and court costs during the past two years in their contract with Smyrna General Sessions Court. Circuit Court Clerk Eloise Gaither said the funds collected pay her office operations with Rutherford County government receiving the majority of the fines and arrest fees. Providence turned over $199,544 in January. County Finance Director Lisa Nolen said Gaither turned over $2.5 million in excess fees to the county from 2006 to 2008. “All excess fees go to the general fund,” Nolen said. Sean Hollis, Providence’s director of operations in Murfreesboro, said his office collects fines from about 3,000 offenders on probation without charge to the county. Providence operates on the $45 per month offenders pay for probation fees. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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