Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that limits defendants' court fees

Highlights:

• Requires court assessment of defendant’s ability to pay fines, fees, costs (Page 1)

• Requires that courts allow lower-income defendants to pay at 30-day increments (Page 2)

• Expands definition of “community service” to include: job training, school attendance, social service programs, rehabilitation programs (Page 2)

• Requires that defendants receive credit for all pre-sentence confinement served (Page 4)

• Requires that persons jailed for nonpayment of fines be credited with 24x highest possible minimum wage (Page 6)

• Prohibits imposition of court costs, fees on indigent persons convicted under Motor Vehicle Code (Page 14)

• Exempts those determined “needy person” from court costs, fees, fines (Page 14)

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