Bill Text: NY A07042 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides an income-driven payment plan for all traffic infractions, misdemeanors and related court fees.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A07042 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07042-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7042
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 21, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an
         income-driven  payment  plan for all traffic infractions, misdemeanors
         and related court fees
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
    3    (A-1) AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO DEFER PAYMENT OF FEES, FINES  OR  COURT
    4  COSTS  IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION OR LOCAL COURT SYSTEMS SHALL APPLY TO THE
    5  CLERK OF THE COURT FOR ENROLLMENT IN A PAYMENT  PLAN.  THE  CLERK  SHALL
    6  ENTER INTO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THE COURT DETERMINES IS
    7  INDIGENT  FOR COSTS. A MONTHLY PAYMENT AMOUNT, CALCULATED BASED UPON ALL
    8  FINES AND COURT FEES,  SHALL  CORRESPOND  TO  THE  PERSON'S  ANNUAL  NET
    9  INCOME. THE COURT MAY REVIEW THE REASONABLENESS OF THE PAYMENT PLAN.
   10    S  2. Section 1801 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
   11  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   12    3. AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO DEFER PAYMENT  OF  FEES,  FINES  OR  COURT
   13  COSTS  IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION OR LOCAL COURT SYSTEMS SHALL APPLY TO THE
   14  CLERK OF THE COURT FOR ENROLLMENT IN A PAYMENT  PLAN.  THE  CLERK  SHALL
   15  ENTER INTO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THE COURT DETERMINES IS
   16  INDIGENT  FOR COSTS. A MONTHLY PAYMENT AMOUNT, CALCULATED BASED UPON ALL
   17  FINES AND COURT FEES,  SHALL  CORRESPOND  TO  THE  PERSON'S  ANNUAL  NET
   18  INCOME. THE COURT MAY REVIEW THE REASONABLENESS OF THE PAYMENT PLAN.
   19    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   20  have become a law. Effective  immediately,  the  commissioner  of  motor
   21  vehicles shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary or appropriate
   22  to carry out the provisions of this act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10502-01-5