Section 33-37-5-21.2 - Public defense administration fee(a) This subsection does not apply to the following: (1) A criminal proceeding.(2) A proceeding to enforce a statute defining an infraction.(3) A proceeding for an ordinance violation. In each action filed in a court described in IC 33-37-1-1 and in each small claims action in a court described in IC 33-34, the clerk shall collect a public defense administration fee of five dollars ($5).
(b) In each action in which a person is: (1) convicted of an offense;(2) required to pay a pretrial diversion fee;(3) found to have committed an infraction; or(4) found to have violated an ordinance; the clerk shall collect a public defense administration fee of five dollars ($5).
(c) This section does not apply to a child alleged to be a delinquent child.Amended by P.L. 151-2023,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 229-2011, SEC. 259, eff. 7/1/2011.As added by P.L. 85-2004, SEC.23. Amended by P.L. 176-2005, SEC.11; P.L. 1-2006, SEC.509.