Special Edition: Missouri fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
HB 1209 Requires all moneys, except administrative costs, from minor traffic violations on state-maintained roads or highways to be sent to the Director of the Department of Revenue. In House (no...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Mississippi fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
HB 672 Requires appointment of counsel for indigent persons who face the possibility of incarceration due to a charge of failure to pay fines, fees, court costs, state assessments or restitution, or...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Nebraska fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
LB 145 Requires hearing to determine financial ability to pay fines and costs and traffic citations and provide for community service if unable to pay. In Senate Judiciary Committee.
View ArticleSpecial Edition: New Hampshire fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
SB 200 AS APPROVED BY SENATE Provides no defendant shall be incarcerated after a final hearing for nonpayment of an assessment or nonperformance of community service unless counsel has been appointed...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Illinois fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
HB 2591 AS APPROVED BY HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Provides that a defendant who is an indigent person may petition the court for full or partial waiver of court assessments imposed...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Arizona fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session (UPDATE)
Original here. HB 2402 (Merger of SB 1158, SB 1160, and SB 1163) AS APPROVED/AMENDED BY SENATE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 3/23/17. Fine Mitigation and Restitution (part of former SB 1158)...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: New Jersey fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
AB 3354 Provides notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a defendant who has been sentenced or is required to pay an assessment, penalty, or fee imposed in accordance with the...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Ohio fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
HB 125 Prohibits a municipal corporation that is not authorized to establish a mayor’s court from imposing or charging fines, fees, or other charges that are in excess of, or not included in, the...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Oklahoma fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
HB 1361 Prohibits imprisonment of defendants for nonpayment of fines, costs, fees and assessment. In House Judiciary – Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee. HB 1476 Provides “It is the policy of...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: Pennsylvania fee/fine/cost legislation in the 2017 session
HB 236 Provides court may, at sentencing, assign an amount not greater than 25% of the defendant’s gross salary, wages or other earnings to be used for the payment of court costs, restitution or fines....
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