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A210Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS6684

Fines Paid Before Surcharges

Official title

“Relates to the payment of certain fines and mandatory surcharges”

Sponsor Donna LupardoAD-123+6 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Vetoed via S6684

What's happening

This bill requires that when courts set up payment schedules for certain vehicle and traffic fines and surcharges, the fines must be paid before surcharges.

Why it matters

  1. Shifts financial burden priorities for individuals. By requiring fines to be paid before surcharges, people facing both may experience less immediate financial pressure from additional state-imposed fees while dealing with their primary penalties.

  2. May affect state and local revenue streams. Since surcharges often fund specific state programs or agencies, prioritizing fine repayment could potentially delay or reduce the flow of these funds.

  3. Could influence compliance and debt outcomes. Individuals may be more likely to pay off their core fines sooner, perhaps reducing the risk of compounded debt, license suspensions, or further legal penalties associated with unpaid fines.

  4. Highlights policy priorities in traffic enforcement. The change signals legislative intent to treat fines for traffic offenses as more urgent or significant than associated surcharges, possibly reflecting concerns about proportionality or fairness in punishment.

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Fines Paid Before Surcharges

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Donna Lupardo

Assembly Member · Assembly District 123

Chair, Agriculture

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Substituted by S6684
  2. Rules report cal.638
  3. Reported
  4. Reported referred to rules
  5. Reported referred to ways and means
  6. Referred to codes

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S6684Senate

Fines Paid Before Surcharges

Vetoed · Sponsor Fredrick J. Akshar II

Impact 3 · LowVetoed

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

210

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)

January 4, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the payment of certain fines and mandatory surcharges

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 420.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:

9. When the court imposes upon an individual both (a) a fine for an offense specified in subdivision nine of section eighteen hundred three of the vehicle and traffic law, and (b) a mandatory surcharge set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section eighteen hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law, section eighteen hundred nine-c of the vehicle and traffic law or section eighteen hundred nine-e of the vehicle and traffic law, and imposes a schedule of payments, the court shall also direct that payment of the fine take priority over the payment of any such surcharge.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD02168-01-7

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