RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE JAIL ACCESS FEE OF $215, PURSUANT TO AB 1805, GOVERNMENT CODE 29551-29552

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that:

WHEREAS, Government Code §29551, authorizes counties to charge arresting agencies a Jail Access Fee for booking for each booking on specified code violation and Misdemeanor violation offenders into County detention facilities, above a three-year rolling average; and

WHEREAS, the Jail Access Fee is required to be set at a rate not to exceed the actual cost of booking an arrested person into the local detention facility, and may be charged for each booking in excess of the three-year average; and

WHEREAS, a certified and experienced public accountancy firm has determined that the County of San Mateo’s actual cost of booking an arrested person into the local detention facility, is $215, and the proposed Jail Access Fee reflects that the actual cost of individual booking of inmates, in accordance with statutory requirements; and

WHEREAS, your Board authorized a Jail Access Fee of $215 for Fiscal Year 2007-2008; and

WHEREAS, affected and interested parties, including all County police departments, have been advised and noticed of the public meeting to consider the extension of this fee, in accordance with Section 54986 of the Government Code; and

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, THAT:

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The Sheriff’s Office Jail Access Fee of $215 effective July 1, 2007, is extended to December 31, 2008; and

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The Sheriff's letters to San Mateo County police chiefs of July 25, 2008 are hereby ratified by this Board for purposes of compliance with public notice requirements established under Section 54986 of the Government Code and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President of this Board’s signature thereto.

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