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2007 SESSION

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SB 239 Defendants; payment of fine, costs, forfeitures, penalties, or restitution.

Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Payment of fine, costs, forfeitures, penalties or restitution. Requires the court to review, if requested by the defendant, the defendant's deferred or installment payment schedule for fines and costs, to ensure that such payments are consistent with his ability to pay.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Payment of fine, costs, forfeitures, penalties or restitution. Allows 60 days for the payment of fines and costs, etc., before the court imposes a deferred or installment payment program. The bill also requires that such payments be consistent with a defendant's ability to pay, that a judge must review the payment schedule if requested by the defendant, and that all defendants be given written notice of any program to pay off fines and costs, etc., through a work program. Finally, the bill requires that notice of suspension of a driver's license for failure to pay fines and costs, etc., be sent to a person at his place of incarceration, if incarcerated.