GOVERNOR'S VETO

Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto House Bill 857, which lowers the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and requires courts to determine payment plans for convicts.  

Court costs are a vital revenue source for local court systems and are appropriately charged to individuals who are convicted of crimes that are heard before such courts. This bill would prevent local governments from collecting these costs from certain convicted defendants and could risk underfunding local court systems.   

Accordingly, I veto this bill.