SB 514

Abstract

Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection; deferred payment agreement. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court to within 10 years from the date of the judgment whether imposed by a circuit court or general district court. The bill provides that upon the expiration of the period of limitations, no action shall be brought to collect the debt. 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. This bill is identical to HB 857.

Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court finesand costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquencygiving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuitcourt or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court towithin 10 years from the date of the judgment whether imposed bya circuit court or general district court. The bill provides thatupon the expiration of the period of limitations, the fines imposedand costs taxed are extinguished, there shall be no right to collectthe debt, and the period of limitations shall not be extended or revived on account of a partial payment; a written or verbal affirmationof any fines, monetary penalties, or costs; or a change in collectionmethods.