Driver's license; suspension for failure to pay jail fees related to prisoner's keep. (HB1987)
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Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Suspension of driver's license for failure to pay jail fees. Allows for the suspension of a driver's license for failure to pay jail fees related to a prisoner's keep. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2009 | Committee |
01/13/2009 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098106644 |
01/13/2009 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/27/2009 | Stricken from docket by Transportation |
03/27/2009 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/09) |
Comments
Combined with HB1919, this is just a terrible, terrible idea. Somebody convicted of writing bad checks, sentenced to six months, emerges $4,575 in debt. Which they can't pay, of course, because that's why they're in there in the first place. So what happens? Their drivers license is taken away, so they can't make any money, what with being unable to get to their job. Desperation and poverty lead to crime. And so the cycle repeats.
This bill is a terrible idea.