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Assembly Bill A7042

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides an income-driven payment plan for all traffic infractions, misdemeanors and related court fees

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2015-A7042 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1800 & 1801, V & T L

2015-A7042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides an income-driven payment plan for all traffic infractions, misdemeanors and related court fees.

2015-A7042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7042

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an
  income-driven  payment  plan for all traffic infractions, misdemeanors
  and related court fees

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

  Section  1.  Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
  (A-1) AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO DEFER PAYMENT OF FEES, FINES  OR  COURT
COSTS  IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION OR LOCAL COURT SYSTEMS SHALL APPLY TO THE
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR ENROLLMENT IN A PAYMENT  PLAN.  THE  CLERK  SHALL
ENTER INTO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THE COURT DETERMINES IS
INDIGENT  FOR COSTS. A MONTHLY PAYMENT AMOUNT, CALCULATED BASED UPON ALL
FINES AND COURT FEES,  SHALL  CORRESPOND  TO  THE  PERSON'S  ANNUAL  NET
INCOME. THE COURT MAY REVIEW THE REASONABLENESS OF THE PAYMENT PLAN.
  S  2. Section 1801 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO DEFER PAYMENT  OF  FEES,  FINES  OR  COURT
COSTS  IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION OR LOCAL COURT SYSTEMS SHALL APPLY TO THE
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR ENROLLMENT IN A PAYMENT  PLAN.  THE  CLERK  SHALL
ENTER INTO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THE COURT DETERMINES IS
INDIGENT  FOR COSTS. A MONTHLY PAYMENT AMOUNT, CALCULATED BASED UPON ALL
FINES AND COURT FEES,  SHALL  CORRESPOND  TO  THE  PERSON'S  ANNUAL  NET
INCOME. THE COURT MAY REVIEW THE REASONABLENESS OF THE PAYMENT PLAN.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective  immediately,  the  commissioner  of  motor
vehicles shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary or appropriate
to carry out the provisions of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10502-01-5

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