Title 252—ALLEGHENY COUNTY RULES ALLEGHENY COUNTY Adult Probation Department Soberlink Monitoring Fees; No. AD-2014-263-CR [44 Pa.B. 5830]
[Saturday, September 13, 2014]Order of Court And Now, to-wit, this 11th day of August, 2014, the following Soberlink Fee Schedule is hereby adopted by the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Further, the Adult Probation Department is hereby authorized to promulgate policies and procedures consistent with the following fee schedule for use of the Soberlink equipment for DUI Treatment Court participants sentenced to a period of Intermediate Punishment and other Intermediate Punishment cases deemed appropriate by the Court. Said increase is to be effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and applied only to offenders sentenced or otherwise placed on the Soberlink monitoring device on or after the publication requirement has been satisfied.
By the Court
JEFFREY A. MANNING,
President JudgeSoberlink Fee Schedule The Allegheny County Adult Probation Soberlink fee schedule is based upon a sliding scale according to an individual's verifiable gross income. Any offender ordered to Soberlink Monitoring by a Common Pleas Court Judge is subject to the fee schedule.
The following program fees shall be applicable to all individuals placed on Soberlink monitoring:
Financial level Gross Income Per Diem Level 3 $59,999 or Higher $15/day Level 2 $30,000 to $59,998 $10/day Level 1 $29,999 and under $5/day Level 0 Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Social Security Disability (SSD)
Social Security Retirement (SSR)
$3.50/day Probation officers are responsible for verifying gross income and assigning a financial level for those offenders placed on Soberlink Monitoring. Before installation, offenders are advised of the cost of being on Soberlink Monitoring and then sign the income verification form. For offenders ordered to Soberlink more than once, any previous balances from Soberlink cases must be paid in full or payment arrangements made with the Allegheny County Adult Probation Department. The offenders also sign a payment agreement that describes the cost of the program. Payments must be made in the form of check or money order only, payable to Allegheny County. Payments may be mailed to Allegheny County Adult Probation Department or given in person to the assigned probation officer. Probation officers are not permitted to accept cash payments.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-1895. Filed for public inspection September 12, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
