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Senate Bill S5539

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a pilot program for the payment of fines by credit card or similar device in town and village courts

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2009-S5539 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
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2009-S5539 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a pilot program for the payment of fines by credit card or similar device in town and village courts; established in at least 50 towns and villages throughout the state; information regarding the costs of the program shall be provided to chairs of senate finance committee and assembly ways and means.

2009-S5539 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5539

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing  a  pilot
  program  for  the payment of fines by credit card or similar device in
  town and village courts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judi-
ciary law, as amended by chapter 457 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to
read as follows:
  (j)  (I)  Notwithstanding  any provision of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary, establish a system for the posting of bail and the payment
of fines, mandatory surcharges, court fees, and other monies payable  to
a  court,  county clerk in his or her capacity as clerk of court, or the
office of court administration, or to a sheriff upon enforcing  a  court
order  or  delivering  a court mandate pursuant to article eighty of the
civil practice law and rules, by means  of  a  credit  card  or  similar
device.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the chief
administrator may require a party making a payment in such  manner  also
to pay a reasonable administrative fee. In establishing such system, the
chief  administrator  shall seek the assistance of the state comptroller
who shall assist in developing such system so as  to  ensure  that  such
funds  shall be returned to any jurisdiction which, by law, may be enti-
tled to them. The chief administrator shall periodically accord the head
of each police department or police force and of any  state  department,
agency, board, commission or public authority having police officers who
fix  pre-arraignment  bail  pursuant  to  section 150.30 of the criminal
procedure law an opportunity to have the system established pursuant  to
this  paragraph apply to the posting of pre-arraignment bail with police
officers under his or her jurisdiction.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11898-01-9

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