Bill Text: IN SB0586 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Blood sample and chemical test fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [SB0586 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0586-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 33-37-6.5.
Synopsis: Blood sample and chemical test fee. Provides that in a court
action in which a defendant is found to have committed a crime,
violated a statute defining an infraction, or violated an ordinance of a
municipal corporation, if a: (1) blood sample is obtained from the
defendant at the expense of a political subdivision; or (2) blood sample
obtained from the defendant has a chemical test performed on it to
determine the presence of alcohol or a controlled substance in the
defendant's blood at the expense of a political subdivision; the clerk of
the court is required to collect from the defendant a blood sample and
chemical test fee of $35. Requires: (1) the clerk to forward the fee to
the fiscal officer of the political subdivision that paid to obtain the
blood sample or test the blood sample, or both; and (2) the fiscal officer
to deposit the fee into the general fund of the political subdivision.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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Chapter 6.5. Blood Sample and Chemical Test Fee
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each action in which a defendant is found to have:
(1) committed a crime;
(2) violated a statute defining an infraction; or
(3) violated an ordinance of a municipal corporation.
Sec. 2. If:
(1) a blood sample is obtained from the defendant at the expense of a political subdivision; or
(2) a blood sample obtained from the defendant has a chemical test performed on the blood sample:
(A) to determine the presence of alcohol or a controlled substance in the defendant's blood; and
(B) at the expense of a political subdivision;
the clerk shall collect from the defendant a blood sample and chemical test fee of thirty-five dollars ($35).
Sec. 3. The clerk shall forward a fee collected under section 2 of this chapter to the fiscal officer of the political subdivision that paid to obtain the blood sample or test the blood sample, or both.
Sec. 4. The fiscal officer of the political subdivision shall deposit a fee forwarded to the fiscal officer under section 3 of this chapter into the general fund of the political subdivision.
