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1994 SESSION
HB 1208 Payment of fines and costs.
Introduced by: Whittington W. Clement | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Payment of fines and costs. Provides for specific procedures to collect fines and court costs and to improve the rate of recovery currently realized under the present system. Among other things, the bill restricts persons with outstanding fines and costs from registering or renewing registration of their motor vehicle, and provides for the suspension of their driving privileges as well. The bill also (i) requires the acceptance of checks and credit cards in the circuit and district courts, (ii) allows the court to require a defendant to appear in court on a future date certain to show cause for failure to pay fines/costs if there has been such a failure to pay, (iii) requires the collection of fines/costs from persons on home/electronic incarceration work release by the program administrator in the same manner as is done in jail work release programs, and (iv) requires courts to provide a community service option as a means of satisfying such fines and costs. In the event an offender on work release or home/electronic incarceration is the subject of multiple demands on his wages, the bill establishes the following priorities: (1) support orders, (2) fines, restitution or costs as ordered by the court, (3) travel and other expenses necessitated by the offender's work release or other program status, (4) defraying of the costs of keeping the prisoner, and (5) to the prisoner's account or his family.
For purposes of implementing this new system, the attorney for the Commonwealth, the Department of Taxation, the Compensation Board, and the Executive Secretary for the Supreme Court are given specific roles, along with the local clerks and jailers.
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/12/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD3445152 (HB1208H1) pdf
- 02/28/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3780677 (HB1208S1) pdf
- 03/07/94 House: Conference substitute printed LD7229152 (HB1208H2) pdf
- 03/24/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1208ER) pdf
- 04/26/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0945) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/94 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 3
- 02/12/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD3445152 (HB1208H1)
- 02/12/94 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/94 House: Read first time
- 02/14/94 House: Read second time
- 02/14/94 House: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/14/94 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/15/94 House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/15/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/15/94 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/94 Senate: Read first time
- 02/16/94 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/28/94 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub. (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/94 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3780677 (HB1208S1)
- 03/01/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/94 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/94 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/94 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 03/01/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/01/94 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/01/94 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/01/94 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/01/94 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/94 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/94 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/01/94 House: House acceded to request
- 03/01/94 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/01/94 House: Delegates: Clement, Cohen, Mims
- 03/01/94 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/01/94 Senate: Senators: Holland, E.M., Goode, Norment
- 03/07/94 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/07/94 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/94 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (36-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/94 House: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/94 House: Conference substitute printed LD7229152 (HB1208H2)
- 03/07/94 Conference: Senate substitute rejected by conference committee
- 03/07/94 Conference: Substitute recommended by conference committee
- 03/24/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1208ER)
- 04/01/94 House: Enrolled
- 04/01/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/02/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/94 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/20/94 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOVERNOR'S RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/20/94 House: Reenrolled
- 04/20/94 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/20/94 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/20/94 House: Enacted, Chapter 945 (effective-see bill)
- 04/26/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0945)