HB 612

Abstract

Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment against incarcerated defendant; deferred payment agreement. Extends from 90 days without payment to 180 days without payment the period of delinquency necessary for an account to be included on the required monthly report of delinquent accounts made by the clerk of the circuit court and district court. The bill also provides that for any defendant sentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay any fine, cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge that such defendant is incarcerated for, or any other charge for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, the court shall enter such defendant into a deferred payment agreement for such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties. The bill requires the due date for such deferred payment agreement to be set no earlier than the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charge for which such defendant received the longest period of active incarceration. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 654. 

Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment against incarcerated defendant; deferredpayment agreement. Extends from 90 days without payment to 180days without payment the period of delinquency necessary for an accountto be included on the required monthly report of delinquent accountsmade by the clerk of the circuit court and district court. The bill also provides that for any defendantsentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay anyfine, cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge that suchdefendant is incarcerated for, or any other charge that such defendantis convicted of, the court shall enter such defendant into a deferredpayment agreement for such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties.The bill requires the due date for such deferred payment agreementto be set no earlier than the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charge for which such defendant received thelongest period of active incarceration.