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SB 1159 Fines, costs, etc.; collection fees, assessment against incarcerated defendant.

Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Fines, costs, etc.; time period to commence collection activity. Extends from 90 days without payment to 180 days without payment the period of delinquency for which the clerk of the circuit court or district court is required to submit monthly lists of delinquent accounts. The bill also provides that no fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties imposed in a criminal case or a traffic infraction shall be subject to collection nor shall any collection fees be assessed for (i) any period of time defendant is incarcerated and (ii) a period of 180 days following date of release from incarcerated if the sentence includes a term of active incarceration.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Fines, costs, etc.; time period to commence collection activity. Extends the time period, upon agreement by the attorney for the Commonwealth and the clerk of the circuit court or district court, that collection activity may be commenced for unsatisfied fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution to 180 days following either (i) the date of the final judgment imposing such costs or (ii) if the final judgment includes an active term of incarceration, the date of the defendant's release from such incarceration, whichever is later. Under current law, collection activity may be commenced 90 days after judgment.