(a) Any adult offender placed under community supervision and released to the community under the jurisdiction of the courts, paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies filing a written request to transfer residence from this state to another state under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision shall pay a transfer application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) for each application prepared for the offender. An exemption from the transfer application fee under this subsection may be granted by the Board of Pardons and Paroles for undue hardship on a case-by-case basis upon the written request of the offender making an application for transfer.
(b) The proceeds of the application fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Probationer’s Upkeep Fund. The funds are hereby continuously appropriated to the Board of Pardons and Paroles.