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SB 356: Fines and Fees

GENERAL BILL by Jones

Fines and Fees; Revising the methods by which clerks of the circuit courts must accept payments for certain fees, charges, costs, and fines; providing requirements for entering into payment plans; authorizing a court to waive, modify, and convert certain fines and fees into community service under specified circumstances; requiring that a notification form and the uniform traffic citation include certain information about paying a civil penalty; authorizing certain persons to apply for reinstatement of their suspended driver licenses under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2021-116)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/21/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/11/2021 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 61
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 60
    4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2021-116)

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  • SB 356, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/21/2020 at 1:54 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (5)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 557 (c1) Payments to Clerks of the Circuit Courts LaMarca Similar Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Judiciary Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2021-116) Track This Bill
    H 903 (c1) Clerks of the Circuit Court Barnaby Compare Last Action: 4/26/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2021-116) Track This Bill
    S 298 Electronic Payment of Governmental Fees Taddeo Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Judiciary Track This Bill
    S 386 (c1) Courts Wright Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2021-116) Track This Bill
    S 838 (er) Clerks of the Circuit Court Boyd Compare Last Action: 6/18/2021 Chapter No. 2021-116 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    27.52 Determination of indigent status. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.24 Service charges. Page 3 (pdf)
    28.246 Payment of court-related fines or other monetary penalties, fees, charges, and costs; partial payments; distribution of funds. Page 4 (pdf)
    28.42 Manual of filing fees, charges, costs, and fines. Page 7 (pdf)
    57.082 Determination of civil indigent status. Page 8 (pdf)
    318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; penalty. Page 8 (pdf)
    318.20 Notification; duties of department. Page 9 (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 10 (pdf)

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