10.01.220 - City attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority -- Filing a criminal charge -- Contribution, donation, payment.

City attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority — Filing a criminal charge — Contribution, donation, payment.

A city attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority may not dismiss, amend, or agree not to file a criminal charge in exchange for a contribution, donation, or payment to any person, corporation, or organization. This does not prohibit:

     (1) Contribution, donation, or payment to any specific fund authorized by state statute;

     (2) The collection of costs associated with actual supervision, treatment, or collection of restitution under agreements to defer or divert; or

     (3) Dismissal following payment that is authorized by any other statute.

[2007 c 367 § 1.]