Criminal Justice Training Council Fee

SECTION 7.   Said chapter 6, as appearing in the 2000 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 116C the following new section:-

Section 116C 1/2. The criminal justice training council shall charge a fee for training programs operated by the council for all persons who begin training on or after July 1, 2002. The amount of said fee shall be established pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7. Said fee shall be retained and expended by said council subject to appropriation. The trainee, or, if the trainee is a recruit, the municipality in which the recruit shall serve, shall provide said fee in full to the council no later than the first day of orientation for the program in which such trainee or recruit has enrolled. No recruit or person shall begin training unless said municipality or said person has provided said fee in full to said council. For recruits of municipalities, upon the completion of said program, the municipality shall deduct said fee from said recruit's wages in 23 equal monthly installments, unless otherwise negotiated between said recruit and the municipality in which said recruit shall serve. If a recruit withdraws from the training program before graduation, said council shall refund the municipality in which the recruit was to have served a portion of said fee according to the following schedule: if a recruit withdraws from said program before the start of week two, 75 per cent of said payment shall be refunded; if a recruit withdraws from said program after the start of week two but before the start of week three, 50 per cent of said fee shall be refunded; if a recruit withdraws from said program after the start of week three but before the start of week four, 25 per cent of said fee shall be refunded; if a recruit withdraws after the start of week four, the fee shall not be refunded. A recruit who withdraws from said program shall pay the municipality in which he was to have served the difference between said fee and the amount forfeited by said municipality according to said schedule. Said schedule shall also apply to trainees other than recruits who enroll in said program. No expenditures shall be charged to item 8200-0222 of section 2 of this act that are related to chief, veteran, in-service, or reserve training, or any training not directly related to new recruits