SB162 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, an individual's driver's license my be suspended for failure to pay traffic fines, fees, or costs associated with the traffic violation and conviction

This bill would require courts to allow a defendant convicted of a traffic violation and who is unable pay a fine, fee, penalty, or court cost within 30 days of sentencing to make payments through a reasonable deferred payment or installment agreement, or to perform community service as a means of satisfying the debt

This bill would also prohibit the suspension or revocation of an individual's driver's license based solely on the grounds of a failure to appear in connection with a traffic violation or for inability to pay traffic fines, fees, or costs; and would require reinstatement of licenses that have previously been suspended for these reasons

Relating to traffic fines and fees; to require courts to allow a defendant convicted of a traffic violation and who is unable to pay the fine, fee, penalty, or court cost associated with the traffic violation conviction within 30 days of sentencing, to make payments of a reduced amounts through a deferred payment or installment agreement, or to perform community service as a means of satisfying the debt; to prohibit the suspension or revocation of the driver's license of a defendant solely on the grounds of a failure to appear in connection with a traffic violation or for inability to pay a traffic fine, fee, penalty, or court cost; and to require the reinstatement of any license that has been previously suspended for these reasons.