(a) Duty to pay.--

(1) A person on county probation or parole who applies for a transfer of supervision to another state through the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders shall be required to pay an application fee with each application for transfer, unless the court finds that the application fee should be reduced, waived or deferred based upon the person's inability to pay. The application fees shall be collected by the county probation department or other agent designated by the county commissioners of the county with the approval of the president judge.

(2) A person on State probation or parole who applies for a transfer to another state through the interstate compact shall be required to pay an application fee to the board with each application for transfer, unless the board finds that the application fee should be reduced, waived or deferred based upon the person's inability to pay.

(b) Amount of application fee.--The State council shall establish the amount of the application fee which shall not exceed $150. The application fee shall be nonrefundable and shall be assessed for each application for transfer to another state.

(c) Application fee collected by county.--For administrative expenses, the county shall be entitled to retain a percentage of each application fee collected under this section which shall be deposited in the county's general fund. The percentage of the application fee that may be retained shall be determined by the State council 60 days prior to the beginning of each Commonwealth fiscal year commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30. The remaining portion of each application fee collected by the county shall be transmitted to the Commonwealth under subsection (d).

(d) Disposition.--Money received from the collection of the application fee shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the general government operations of the board for expenses incurred in the administration of the interstate compact.

(e) Application fee.--The application fee as of the effective date of this subsection shall be $100, and the counties shall retain 100% of the fee collected until the application fee and county percentage are determined prior to the beginning of the next Commonwealth fiscal year in accordance with subsections (b) and (c).

(Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.)

2010 Amendment. Act 95 added section 7115, retroactive to November 9, 2009.