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SB 734: Penalties and Fees

GENERAL BILL by Rouson

Penalties and Fees; Requiring a certain application to provide the applicant with the option to fulfill any court-ordered financial obligation associated with a case by enrolling in a payment plan or by completing community service if ordered by the court; revising requirements relating to the payment of court-related fines or other monetary penalties, fees, charges, and costs; authorizing the court to review the reasonableness of the payment plan upon motion of the party and to modify the plan; prohibiting the suspension of a person’s driver license solely for failure to pay certain financial obligations unless the clerk of court demonstrates to the court that the individual has the ability to pay but is refusing to do so, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/5/2019	Senate	• Filed
  2/15/2019	Senate	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 87
  3/5/2019	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 86
  5/3/2019	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)

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• SB 734, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/5/2019 at 2:03 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (5)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1013	Suspension or Revocation of Driver Licenses	Polsky	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
  H 1041	Tobacco Products	Duran, Toledo	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
  H 7125 (er)	Administration of Justice	Judiciary Committee	Compare	Last Action: 7/1/2019 Chapter No. 2019-167, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1021 (Ch. 2019-91), CS/SB 160 (Ch. 2019-45), CS/SB 828 (Ch. 2019-50), SB 910 (Ch. 2019-61), SB 1136 (Ch. 2019-53), CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134)
  S 642 (c2)	Public Safety	Brandes	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1021 (Ch. 2019-91), HB 5011 (Ch. 2019-95), CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167), CS/SB 160 (Ch. 2019-45), CS/SB 828 (Ch. 2019-50), SB 910 (Ch. 2019-61), CS/CS/SB 1418 (Ch. 2019-134) -SJ 696
  S 1574	Suspension or Revocation of Driver Licenses	Cruz	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Infrastructure and Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)

  Citations - Statutes (29)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  27.52	Determination of indigent status.	Page 6 (pdf)
  28.246	Payment of court-related fines or other monetary penalties, fees, charges, and costs; partial payments; distribution of funds.	Page 7 (pdf)
  316.650	Traffic citations.	Page 9 (pdf)
  318.14	Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures.	Page 37 (pdf)
  318.15	Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; penalty.	Page 10 (pdf)
  318.18	Amount of penalties.	Page 11 (pdf)
  322.05	Persons not to be licensed.	Page 38 (pdf)
  322.055	Revocation or suspension of, or delay of eligibility for, driver license for persons 18 years of age or older convicted of certain drug offenses.	Page 13 (pdf)
  322.056	Mandatory revocation or suspension of, or delay of eligibility for, driver license for persons under age 18 found guilty of certain alcohol, drug, or tobacco offenses; prohibition.	Page 16 (pdf)
  322.057	Discretionary revocation or suspension of driver license for certain persons who provide alcohol to persons under 21 years of age.	Page 19 (pdf)
  322.09	Application of minors; responsibility for negligence or misconduct of minor.	Page 19 (pdf)
  322.091	Attendance requirements.	Page 19 (pdf)
  322.245	Suspension of license upon failure of person charged with specified offense under chapter 316, chapter 320, or this chapter to comply with directives ordered by traffic court or upon failure to pay child support in non-IV-D cases as provided in chapt	Page 19 (pdf)
  322.251	Notice of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification of license.	Page 20 (pdf)
  322.27	Authority of department to suspend or revoke driver license or identification card.	Page 38 (pdf)
  322.271	Authority to modify revocation, cancellation, or suspension order.	Page 21 (pdf)
  322.34	Driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualified.	Page 21 (pdf)
  562.11	Selling, giving, or serving alcoholic beverages to person under age 21; providing a proper name; misrepresenting or misstating age or age of another to induce licensee to serve alcoholic beverages to person under 21; penalties.	Page 22 (pdf)
  562.111	Possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under age 21 prohibited.	Page 24 (pdf)
  569.11	Possession, misrepresenting age or military service to purchase, and purchase of tobacco products by persons under 18 years of age prohibited; penalties; jurisdiction; disposition of fines.	Page 24 (pdf)
  790.22	Use of BB guns, air or gas-operated guns, or electric weapons or devices by minor under 16; limitation; possession of firearms by minor under 18 prohibited; penalties.	Page 26 (pdf)
  806.13	Criminal mischief; penalties; penalty for minor.	Page 29 (pdf)
  812.0155	Suspension of driver license following an adjudication of guilt for theft.	Page 31 (pdf)
  832.09	Suspension of driver license after warrant or capias is issued in worthless check case.	Page 31 (pdf)
  847.0141	Sexting; prohibited acts; penalties.	Page 31 (pdf)
  877.112	Nicotine products and nicotine dispensing devices; prohibitions for minors; penalties; civil fines; signage requirements; preemption.	Page 32 (pdf)
  938.30	Financial obligations in criminal cases; supplementary proceedings.	Page 35 (pdf)
  1003.01	Definitions.	Page 39 (pdf)
  1003.27	Court procedure and penalties.	Page 35 (pdf)

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