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OH SB211
Bill
Status
9/6/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Bacon
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AI Summary
SB 211 Summary
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Requires all moneys collected by municipal and county court clerks be disbursed to appropriate recipients on or before the twentieth day of each month.
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Permits municipal, mayor's, and county courts to collect unpaid court costs, fees, or fines (unpaid for at least two years) from state income tax refunds, with procedures established jointly by courts and the tax commissioner.
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Requires the Auditor of State to develop and maintain a chart detailing distribution of court costs, fees, and fines collected by municipal and county court clerks.
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Creates a ten-member Committee on Court Costs to study the impact of court costs on court operations and make recommendations for system changes.
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Authorizes the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to deny driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, and motor vehicle registration to individuals who fail to pay court-imposed costs or who are identified as having unpaid court costs through tax refund intercept procedures.
Legislative Description
To require that all moneys collected by the clerk of a municipal or county court be paid to the appropriate person, fund, or entity on or before the twentieth day of each month, to permit a municipal or county court to collect unpaid court costs, fees, or fines from an obligor's state income tax refund, to require the Auditor of State to create and maintain a chart detailing the distribution of court costs, fees, and fines collected by municipal and county court clerks, to create the Committee on Court Costs, and to ensure that neither the Registrar nor any deputy registrar accepts any application for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or temporary instruction permit, or for the registration or transfer of registration of a motor vehicle of a person who fails to pay court costs imposed for offenses by a municipal mayor's, or county court.
Municipal/county court money-collection/management
Last Action
To Judiciary Civil Justice
9/6/2011