Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1328
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01756B-20                                          20201328__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fines and fees; amending s. 28.24,
    3         F.S.; revising specified service charges for recording
    4         documents with the clerk of the circuit court;
    5         amending s. 28.246, F.S.; revising the methods by
    6         which the clerk of the circuit court may accept
    7         payments for certain fees, charges, costs, and fines;
    8         requiring the court to enroll certain persons in a
    9         monthly payment plan under certain circumstances;
   10         providing requirements for the payment plan;
   11         authorizing a court to convert certain fines and fees
   12         to community service under specified circumstances;
   13         authorizing certain persons to have their payment
   14         plans terminated if certain requirements are met;
   15         amending s. 28.42, F.S.; requiring the Office of the
   16         State Courts Administrator to develop a uniform
   17         payment plan form by a specified date; providing
   18         minimum criteria for the form; amending s. 318.15,
   19         F.S.; deleting provisions specifying procedures to be
   20         used if a person fails to comply with certain court
   21         ordered requirements; authorizing certain persons to
   22         reinstate their suspended driver licenses under
   23         certain circumstances; amending s. 322.245, F.S.;
   24         authorizing certain persons to reinstate their
   25         suspended driver licenses under certain circumstances;
   26         deleting provisions requiring the department to
   27         suspend the driver licenses of certain persons who
   28         have failed to pay financial obligations for certain
   29         criminal offenses; deleting provisions addressing the
   30         reinstatement of such suspended licenses; amending ss.
   31         34.191 and 320.03, F.S.; conforming cross-references;
   32         reenacting ss. 27.52(5)(i) and 57.082(6), F.S.,
   33         relating to determination of indigent status, to
   34         incorporate the amendment made to s. 28.24, F.S., in
   35         references thereto; providing an effective date.
   36          
   37  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   38  
   39         Section 1. Subsection (26) of section 28.24, Florida
   40  Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         28.24 Service charges.—The clerk of the circuit court shall
   42  charge for services rendered manually or electronically by the
   43  clerk’s office in recording documents and instruments and in
   44  performing other specified duties. These charges may not exceed
   45  those specified in this section, except as provided in s.
   46  28.345.
   47         (26)(a) For receiving and disbursing all restitution
   48  payments, per payment: 3.50, from which the clerk shall remit
   49  0.50 per payment to the Department of Revenue for deposit into
   50  the General Revenue Fund.
   51         (b)For receiving and disbursing all partial payments,
   52  other than restitution payments, for which an administrative
   53  processing service charge is not imposed pursuant to s. 28.246,
   54  per month...................................................5.00
   55         (b)(c) For setting up a payment plan, a one-time
   56  administrative processing charge: in lieu of a per month charge
   57  under paragraph (b)........................................25.00
   58         (c)In lieu of the administrative processing charge in
   59  paragraph (b), a one-time administrative processing charge that
   60  covers all payment plans within a particular county for a person
   61  who is indigent as described in s. 27.52(2)(a), a person who
   62  receives public assistance as defined in s. 409.2554, or a
   63  person whose household income is below 200 percent of the
   64  federal poverty level based on the current year’s federal
   65  poverty guidelines:.........................................5.00
   66         Section 2. Section 28.246, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   67  read:
   68         28.246 Payment of court-related fines or other monetary
   69  penalties, fees, charges, and costs; monthly partial payments;
   70  community service; distribution of funds.—
   71         (1) The clerk of the circuit court shall report the
   72  following information to the Legislature and the Florida Clerks
   73  of Court Operations Corporation on a form, and using guidelines
   74  developed by the clerks of court, through their association and
   75  in consultation with the Office of the State Courts
   76  Administrator:
   77         (a) The total amount of mandatory fees, service charges,
   78  and costs assessed; the total amount underassessed, if any,
   79  which is the amount less than the minimum amount required by law
   80  to be assessed; and the total amount collected.
   81         (b) The total amount of discretionary fees, service
   82  charges, and costs assessed and the total amount collected.
   83         (c) The total amount of mandatory fines and other monetary
   84  penalties assessed; the total amount underassessed, if any,
   85  which is the amount less than the minimum amount required by law
   86  to be assessed; and the total amount collected.
   87         (d) The total amount of discretionary fines and other
   88  monetary penalties assessed and the total amount collected.
   89  
   90  The clerk, in reporting to the Legislature and corporation,
   91  shall separately identify the monetary amount assessed and
   92  subsequently discharged or converted to community service, to a
   93  judgment or lien, or to time served. The form developed by the
   94  clerks shall include separate entries for recording the amount
   95  discharged and the amount converted. If a court waives,
   96  suspends, or reduces an assessment as authorized by law, the
   97  portion waived, suspended, or reduced may not be deemed assessed
   98  or underassessed for purposes of the reporting requirements of
   99  this section. The clerk also shall report a collection rate for
  100  mandatory and discretionary assessments. In calculating the
  101  rate, the clerk shall deduct amounts discharged or converted
  102  from the amount assessed. The clerk shall submit the report on
  103  an annual basis 90 days after the end of the county fiscal year.
  104  The clerks and the courts shall develop by October 1, 2012, the
  105  form and guidelines to govern the accurate and consistent
  106  reporting statewide of assessments as provided in this section.
  107  The clerk shall use the new reporting form and guidelines in
  108  submitting the report for the county fiscal year ending
  109  September 30, 2013, and for each year thereafter.
  110         (2) The clerk of the circuit court shall establish and
  111  maintain a system of accounts receivable for court-related fees,
  112  charges, and costs.
  113         (3) Court costs, fines, and other dispositional assessments
  114  shall be enforced by order of the courts, collected by the
  115  clerks of the circuit and county courts, and disbursed in
  116  accordance with authorizations and procedures as established by
  117  general law.
  118         (4) The clerk of the circuit court shall accept monthly
  119  partial payments for court-related fees, service charges, costs,
  120  and fines electronically, by mail, in person, or by a community
  121  based organization authorized by the clerk to collect such
  122  payments in accordance with the terms of an established payment
  123  plan and shall enroll in a monthly payment plan any person. An
  124  individual seeking to defer payment of fees, service charges,
  125  costs, or fines imposed by operation of law or order of the
  126  court under any provision of general law shall apply to the
  127  clerk for enrollment in a payment plan. The clerk shall enter
  128  into a payment plan with an individual who the court determines
  129  is indigent for costs. A monthly payment amount shall be,
  130  calculated based upon all fines, fees, service charges, and all
  131  anticipated costs and must, is presumed to correspond to the
  132  person’s ability to pay. The monthly payment shall be the
  133  greater of $10 per month, per county or if the amount does not
  134  exceed 2 percent of the person’s annual net income, as defined
  135  in s. 27.52(1), divided by 12. If a county has more than one
  136  case open for a person against whom fines, service charges,
  137  fees, and costs have been assessed, the monthly payment plan
  138  must include the amounts assessed for all of the cases. If a
  139  person is not in custody, the plan must provide a 30-day grace
  140  period for the person to make the first payment. If a person is
  141  incarcerated, the first payment is due 90 days after the date
  142  the person is released from custody. The court may, on its own
  143  motion or by petition, review and modify the reasonableness of
  144  the payment plan or convert the outstanding fees, service
  145  charges, costs, or fines to community service if the court
  146  determines that the person is otherwise unable to comply with
  147  the terms of the payment plan.
  148         (5)A person who is indigent as described in s. 27.52(2), a
  149  person who receives public assistance as defined in s. 409.2554,
  150  or a person whose household income is below 200 percent of the
  151  federal poverty level based on the current year’s federal
  152  poverty guidelines may petition the court to declare that the
  153  financial obligations under the payment plan have been met and
  154  to terminate the payment plan if, up to the date of the
  155  petition, the person made timely payments for:
  156         (a)Twelve consecutive months for any financial obligation
  157  that was $500 or less;
  158         (b)Twenty-four consecutive months for any financial
  159  obligation that was greater than $500 but $1,000 or less; or
  160         (c)Thirty-six consecutive months for any financial
  161  obligation that was greater than $1,000.
  162         (6)(5) When receiving partial payment of fees, service
  163  charges, court costs, and fines, clerks shall distribute funds
  164  according to the following order of priority:
  165         (a) That portion of fees, service charges, court costs, and
  166  fines to be remitted to the state for deposit into the General
  167  Revenue Fund.
  168         (b) That portion of fees, service charges, court costs, and
  169  fines required to be retained by the clerk of the court or
  170  deposited into the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund within the
  171  Department of Revenue.
  172         (c) That portion of fees, service charges, court costs, and
  173  fines payable to state trust funds, allocated on a pro rata
  174  basis among the various authorized funds if the total collection
  175  amount is insufficient to fully fund all such funds as provided
  176  by law.
  177         (d) That portion of fees, service charges, court costs, and
  178  fines payable to counties, municipalities, or other local
  179  entities, allocated on a pro rata basis among the various
  180  authorized recipients if the total collection amount is
  181  insufficient to fully fund all such recipients as provided by
  182  law.
  183  
  184  To offset processing costs, clerks may impose either a per-month
  185  service charge pursuant to s. 28.24(26)(b) or a one-time
  186  administrative processing service charge at the inception of the
  187  payment plan pursuant to s. 28.24(26)(b) or (c) s. 28.24(26)(c).
  188         (7)(6) A clerk of court shall pursue the collection of any
  189  fees, service charges, fines, court costs, and liens for the
  190  payment of attorney fees and costs pursuant to s. 938.29 which
  191  remain unpaid after 90 days by referring the account to a
  192  private attorney who is a member in good standing of The Florida
  193  Bar or collection agent who is registered and in good standing
  194  pursuant to chapter 559. In pursuing the collection of such
  195  unpaid financial obligations through a private attorney or
  196  collection agent, the clerk of the court must have attempted to
  197  collect the unpaid amount through a collection court,
  198  collections docket, or other collections process, if any,
  199  established by the court, find this to be cost-effective and
  200  follow any applicable procurement practices. The collection fee,
  201  including any reasonable attorney’s fee, paid to any attorney or
  202  collection agent retained by the clerk may be added to the
  203  balance owed in an amount not to exceed 40 percent of the amount
  204  owed at the time the account is referred to the attorney or
  205  agent for collection. The clerk shall give the private attorney
  206  or collection agent the application for the appointment of
  207  court-appointed counsel regardless of whether the court file is
  208  otherwise confidential from disclosure.
  209         Section 3. Section 28.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  210  read:
  211         28.42 Manual of filing fees, charges, costs, and fines;
  212  uniform payment plan forms.—
  213         (1) The clerks of court, through their association and in
  214  consultation with the Office of the State Courts Administrator,
  215  shall prepare and disseminate a manual of filing fees, service
  216  charges, costs, and fines imposed pursuant to state law, for
  217  each type of action and offense, and classified as mandatory or
  218  discretionary. The manual also shall classify the fee, charge,
  219  cost, or fine as court-related revenue or noncourt-related
  220  revenue. The clerks, through their association, shall
  221  disseminate this manual to the chief judge, state attorney,
  222  public defender, and court administrator in each circuit and to
  223  the clerk of the court in each county. The clerks, through their
  224  association and in consultation with the Office of the State
  225  Courts Administrator, shall at a minimum update and disseminate
  226  this manual on July 1 of each year.
  227         (2)By October 1, 2021, the Office of the State Courts
  228  Administrator, in consultation with the clerks of court and the
  229  Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, shall develop a
  230  uniform payment plan form for use by persons seeking to
  231  establish a payment plan in accordance with s. 28.246. The form
  232  must inform the person about the minimum payment due each month,
  233  the term of the plan, acceptable payment methods, and the
  234  circumstances under which a case may be sent to collections for
  235  nonpayment.
  236         Section 4. Section 318.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  237  read:
  238         318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear;
  239  penalty.—
  240         (1)(a)If a person fails to comply with the civil penalties
  241  provided in s. 318.18 within the time period specified in s.
  242  318.14(4), fails to enter into or comply with the terms of a
  243  penalty payment plan with the clerk of the court in accordance
  244  with ss. 318.14 and 28.246, fails to attend driver improvement
  245  school, or fails to appear at a scheduled hearing, the clerk of
  246  the court shall notify the Department of Highway Safety and
  247  Motor Vehicles of such failure within 10 days after such
  248  failure. Upon receipt of such notice, the department shall
  249  immediately issue an order suspending the driver license and
  250  privilege to drive of such person effective 20 days after the
  251  date the order of suspension is mailed in accordance with s.
  252  322.251(1), (2), and (6). Any such suspension of the driving
  253  privilege which has not been reinstated, including a similar
  254  suspension imposed outside Florida, shall remain on the records
  255  of the department for a period of 7 years from the date imposed
  256  and shall be removed from the records after the expiration of 7
  257  years from the date it is imposed. The department may not accept
  258  the resubmission of such suspension.
  259         (b)However, A person who elects to attend driver
  260  improvement school and has paid the civil penalty as provided in
  261  s. 318.14(9) but who subsequently fails to attend the driver
  262  improvement school within the time specified by the court is
  263  deemed to have admitted the infraction and shall be adjudicated
  264  guilty. If the person received an 18-percent reduction pursuant
  265  to s. 318.14(9), the person must pay the clerk of the court that
  266  amount and a processing fee of up to $18, from which the clerk
  267  shall remit $3 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the
  268  General Revenue Fund, after which additional penalties, court
  269  costs, or surcharges may not be imposed for the violation. In
  270  all other such cases, the person must pay the clerk a processing
  271  fee of up to $18, from which the clerk shall remit $3 to the
  272  Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund,
  273  after which additional penalties, court costs, or surcharges may
  274  not be imposed for the violation. The clerk of the court shall
  275  notify the department of the person’s failure to attend driver
  276  improvement school and points shall be assessed pursuant to s.
  277  322.27.
  278         (2)(c) A person who is charged with a traffic infraction
  279  may request a hearing within 180 days after the date upon which
  280  the violation occurred, regardless of any action taken by the
  281  court or the department to suspend the person’s driving
  282  privilege, and, upon request, the clerk must set the case for
  283  hearing. The person shall be given a form for requesting that
  284  his or her driving privilege be reinstated. If the 180th day
  285  after the date upon which the violation occurred is a Saturday,
  286  Sunday, or legal holiday, the person who is charged must request
  287  a hearing within 177 days after the date upon which the
  288  violation occurred; however, the court may grant a request for a
  289  hearing made more than 180 days after the date upon which the
  290  violation occurred. This subsection paragraph does not affect
  291  the assessment of late fees as otherwise provided in this
  292  chapter.
  293         (2)After the suspension of a person’s driver license and
  294  privilege to drive under subsection (1), the license and
  295  privilege may not be reinstated until the person complies with
  296  the terms of a periodic payment plan or a revised payment plan
  297  with the clerk of the court pursuant to ss. 318.14 and 28.246 or
  298  with all obligations and penalties imposed under s. 318.18 and
  299  presents to a driver license office a certificate of compliance
  300  issued by the court, together with a nonrefundable service
  301  charge of $60 imposed under s. 322.29, or presents a certificate
  302  of compliance and pays the service charge to the clerk of the
  303  court or a driver licensing agent authorized under s. 322.135
  304  clearing such suspension. Of the charge collected, $22.50 shall
  305  be remitted to the Department of Revenue to be deposited into
  306  the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund. Such person must also
  307  be in compliance with requirements of chapter 322 before
  308  reinstatement.
  309         (3) A person whose driver license was suspended solely for
  310  nonpayment pursuant to this section before July 1, 2020, and who
  311  is otherwise eligible to drive may reinstate his or her driver
  312  license upon payment of a reinstatement fee The clerk shall
  313  notify the department of persons who were mailed a notice of
  314  violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. pursuant to s.
  315  316.0083 and who failed to enter into, or comply with the terms
  316  of, a penalty payment plan, or order with the clerk to the local
  317  hearing officer or failed to appear at a scheduled hearing
  318  within 10 days after such failure, and shall reference the
  319  person’s driver license number, or in the case of a business
  320  entity, vehicle registration number.
  321         (a)Upon receipt of such notice, the department, or
  322  authorized agent thereof, may not issue a license plate or
  323  revalidation sticker for any motor vehicle owned or co-owned by
  324  that person pursuant to s. 320.03(8) until the amounts assessed
  325  have been fully paid.
  326         (b)After the issuance of the person’s license plate or
  327  revalidation sticker is withheld pursuant to paragraph (a), the
  328  person may challenge the withholding of the license plate or
  329  revalidation sticker only on the basis that the outstanding
  330  fines and civil penalties have been paid pursuant to s.
  331  320.03(8).
  332         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (5) of section 322.245,
  333  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  334         322.245 Suspension of license upon failure of person
  335  charged with specified offense under chapter 316, chapter 320,
  336  or this chapter to comply with directives ordered by traffic
  337  court or upon failure to pay child support in non-IV-D cases as
  338  provided in chapter 61 or failure to pay any financial
  339  obligation in any other criminal case.—
  340         (1) If a person charged with a violation of any of the
  341  criminal offenses enumerated in s. 318.17 or with the commission
  342  of any offense constituting a misdemeanor under chapter 320 or
  343  this chapter fails to comply with all of the directives of the
  344  court within the time allotted by the court, other than the
  345  payment of fines, service charges, fees, or costs, the clerk of
  346  the traffic court shall mail to the person, at the address
  347  specified on the uniform traffic citation, a notice of such
  348  failure, notifying him or her that, if he or she does not comply
  349  with the directives of the court within 30 days after the date
  350  of the notice and pay a delinquency fee of up to $25 to the
  351  clerk, from which the clerk shall remit $10 to the Department of
  352  Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, his or her
  353  driver license will be suspended. The notice shall be mailed no
  354  later than 5 days after such failure. The delinquency fee may be
  355  retained by the office of the clerk to defray the operating
  356  costs of the office.
  357         (5)(a)A person whose driver license was suspended solely
  358  for nonpayment pursuant to this section before July 1, 2020, and
  359  who is otherwise eligible to drive may reinstate his or her
  360  driver license upon payment of a reinstatement fee When the
  361  department receives notice from a clerk of the court that a
  362  person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state under
  363  the provisions of this chapter has failed to pay financial
  364  obligations for any criminal offense other than those specified
  365  in subsection (1), in full or in part under a payment plan
  366  pursuant to s. 28.246(4), the department shall suspend the
  367  license of the person named in the notice.
  368         (b)The department must reinstate the driving privilege
  369  when the clerk of the court provides an affidavit to the
  370  department stating that:
  371         1.The person has satisfied the financial obligation in
  372  full or made all payments currently due under a payment plan;
  373         2.The person has entered into a written agreement for
  374  payment of the financial obligation if not presently enrolled in
  375  a payment plan; or
  376         3.A court has entered an order granting relief to the
  377  person ordering the reinstatement of the license.
  378         (c)The department shall not be held liable for any license
  379  suspension resulting from the discharge of its duties under this
  380  section.
  381         Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 34.191, Florida
  382  Statutes, is amended to read:
  383         34.191 Fines and forfeitures; dispositions.—
  384         (1) All fines and forfeitures arising from offenses tried
  385  in the county court shall be collected and accounted for by the
  386  clerk of the court and, other than the charge provided in s.
  387  318.1215, disbursed in accordance with ss. 28.2402, 34.045,
  388  142.01, and 142.03 and subject to s. 28.246(6) and (7) the
  389  provisions of s. 28.246(5) and (6). Notwithstanding the
  390  provisions of this section, all fines and forfeitures arising
  391  from operation of the provisions of s. 318.1215 shall be
  392  disbursed in accordance with that section.
  393         Section 7. Subsection (8) of section 320.03, Florida
  394  Statutes, is amended to read:
  395         320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors;
  396  International Registration Plan.—
  397         (8) If the applicant’s name appears on the list referred to
  398  in s. 316.1001(4), s. 316.1967(6), s. 318.15(3), or s.
  399  713.78(13), a license plate or revalidation sticker may not be
  400  issued until that person’s name no longer appears on the list or
  401  until the person presents a receipt from the governmental entity
  402  or the clerk of court that provided the data showing that the
  403  fines outstanding have been paid. This subsection does not apply
  404  to the owner of a leased vehicle if the vehicle is registered in
  405  the name of the lessee of the vehicle. The tax collector and the
  406  clerk of the court are each entitled to receive monthly, as
  407  costs for implementing and administering this subsection, 10
  408  percent of the civil penalties and fines recovered from such
  409  persons. As used in this subsection, the term “civil penalties
  410  and fines” does not include a wrecker operator’s lien as
  411  described in s. 713.78(13). If the tax collector has private tag
  412  agents, such tag agents are entitled to receive a pro rata share
  413  of the amount paid to the tax collector, based upon the
  414  percentage of license plates and revalidation stickers issued by
  415  the tag agent compared to the total issued within the county.
  416  The authority of any private agent to issue license plates shall
  417  be revoked, after notice and a hearing as provided in chapter
  418  120, if he or she issues any license plate or revalidation
  419  sticker contrary to the provisions of this subsection. This
  420  section applies only to the annual renewal in the owner’s birth
  421  month of a motor vehicle registration and does not apply to the
  422  transfer of a registration of a motor vehicle sold by a motor
  423  vehicle dealer licensed under this chapter, except for the
  424  transfer of registrations which includes the annual renewals.
  425  This section does not affect the issuance of the title to a
  426  motor vehicle, notwithstanding s. 319.23(8)(b).
  427         Section 8. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  428  made by this act to section 28.24, Florida Statutes, in a
  429  reference thereto, paragraph (i) of subsection (5) of section
  430  27.52, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  431         27.52 Determination of indigent status.—
  432         (5) INDIGENT FOR COSTS.—A person who is eligible to be
  433  represented by a public defender under s. 27.51 but who is
  434  represented by private counsel not appointed by the court for a
  435  reasonable fee as approved by the court or on a pro bono basis,
  436  or who is proceeding pro se, may move the court for a
  437  determination that he or she is indigent for costs and eligible
  438  for the provision of due process services, as prescribed by ss.
  439  29.006 and 29.007, funded by the state.
  440         (i) A defendant who is found guilty of a criminal act by a
  441  court or jury or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and
  442  who received due process services after being found indigent for
  443  costs under this subsection is liable for payment of due process
  444  costs expended by the state.
  445         1. The attorney representing the defendant, or the
  446  defendant if he or she is proceeding pro se, shall provide an
  447  accounting to the court delineating all costs paid or to be paid
  448  by the state within 90 days after disposition of the case
  449  notwithstanding any appeals.
  450         2. The court shall issue an order determining the amount of
  451  all costs paid by the state and any costs for which prepayment
  452  was waived under this section or s. 57.081. The clerk shall
  453  cause a certified copy of the order to be recorded in the
  454  official records of the county, at no cost. The recording
  455  constitutes a lien against the person in favor of the state in
  456  the county in which the order is recorded. The lien may be
  457  enforced in the same manner prescribed in s. 938.29.
  458         3. If the attorney or the pro se defendant fails to provide
  459  a complete accounting of costs expended by the state and
  460  consequently costs are omitted from the lien, the attorney or
  461  pro se defendant may not receive reimbursement or any other form
  462  of direct or indirect payment for those costs if the state has
  463  not paid the costs. The attorney or pro se defendant shall repay
  464  the state for those costs if the state has already paid the
  465  costs. The clerk of the court may establish a payment plan under
  466  s. 28.246 and may charge the attorney or pro se defendant a one
  467  time administrative processing charge under s. 28.24(26)(c).
  468         Section 9. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  469  made by this act to section 28.24, Florida Statutes, in a
  470  reference thereto, subsection (6) of section 57.082, Florida
  471  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  472         57.082 Determination of civil indigent status.—
  473         (6) PROCESSING CHARGE; PAYMENT PLANS.—A person who the
  474  clerk or the court determines is indigent for civil proceedings
  475  under this section shall be enrolled in a payment plan under s.
  476  28.246 and shall be charged a one-time administrative processing
  477  charge under s. 28.24(26)(c). A monthly payment amount,
  478  calculated based upon all fees and all anticipated costs, is
  479  presumed to correspond to the person’s ability to pay if it does
  480  not exceed 2 percent of the person’s annual net income, as
  481  defined in subsection (1), divided by 12. The person may seek
  482  review of the clerk’s decisions regarding a payment plan
  483  established under s. 28.246 in the court having jurisdiction
  484  over the matter. A case may not be impeded in any way, delayed
  485  in filing, or delayed in its progress, including the final
  486  hearing and order, due to nonpayment of any fees or costs by an
  487  indigent person. Filing fees waived from payment under s. 57.081
  488  may not be included in the calculation related to a payment plan
  489  established under this section.
  490         Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.