(a) In Elmore County, a booking fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be assessed by the clerk of the court as court costs against each defendant incarcerated in or booked in the Elmore County Jail if the defendant is convicted or pleads guilty in cases prosecuted in the circuit court or district court of the county. (b) The clerk of the court shall enter the booking fee on the docket sheet and collect the fee in the same manner and at the same time as other court costs are collected. The booking fee assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to all other fines, court costs, or other charges now or hereafter provided by law. The court costs provided by this section shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived. (c) The clerk of the court shall remit the booking fees collected pursuant to this section on a monthly basis to the Elmore County Commission to be deposited in the county general fund to be used for the operation of the Sheriff’s Office to provide additional motor vehicles and information technology equipment and for other law enforcement purposes.
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