Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB618%20SUB1.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=618
Timestamp: 2018-03-22 18:50:23
Document Index: 571064196

Matched Legal Cases: ['§8', '§8', '§50', '§8', '§8', '§50']

SB 618 Text
SB618 SUB1 Senate Bill 618 History
Senate Bill No. 618
(By Senators Snyder, Beach and Browning)
A BILL to amend and reenact §8-10-2a and §8-10-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §50-3-2a of said code, all relating to failure to pay costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties imposed when charged with a motor vehicle or criminal violation; and requiring municipal courts and magistrate courts to wait at least ninety days from the date that all costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties are due in full, or the date of the failure to appear, before notifying the Division of Motor Vehicles of that person’s failure to pay or failure to appear.
That §8-10-2a and §8-10-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that §50-3-2a of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(b) If costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties imposed by the municipal court for motor vehicle violations as defined in section three-a, article three, chapter seventeen-b of this code are not paid within the time limits imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or if a person fails to appear or otherwise respond in court when charged with a motor vehicle violation as defined in section three-a, article three, chapter seventeen-b of this code, the municipal court must notify the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles of such failure to pay or failure to appear: Provided, That the municipal court shall wait at least ninety days from the date that all costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties are due in full or, for failure to appear or otherwise respond, ninety days from the date of such failure before notifying the Division of Motor Vehicles thereof.
(a) If costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties imposed by the municipal court upon conviction of a person for a criminal offense as defined in section three-c, article three, chapter seventeen-b of this code are not paid in full within one hundred eighty days of the judgment, the municipal court clerk or, upon a judgment rendered on appeal, the circuit clerk shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles of the failure to pay: Provided, That for residents of this state, the municipal court shall wait at least ninety days from the date that all costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties are due in full before notifying the Division of Motor Vehicles thereof: Provided, however, That at the time the judgment is imposed, the judge shall provide the person with written notice that failure to pay the same as ordered may result in the withholding of any income tax refund due the licensee and shall result in the suspension of the person's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state and that the suspension could result in the cancellation of, the failure to renew or the failure to issue an automobile insurance policy providing coverage for the person or the person's family: Provided however further, That the failure of the judge to provide notice does not affect the validity of any suspension of the person's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state. For purposes of this section, payment shall be stayed during any period an appeal from the conviction which resulted in the imposition of costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties is pending.
(c) If a person charged with a criminal offense fails to appear or otherwise respond in court, the municipal court clerk shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles within fifteen days of the scheduled date to appear unless the person sooner appears or otherwise responds in court to the satisfaction of the judge of the failure to appear: Provided, That for residents of this state, the municipal court clerk shall wait at least ninety days from the date of the person’s failure to appear or otherwise respond before notifying the Division of Motor Vehicles thereof. Upon notice, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the person's driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state until such time that the person appears as required.
(d) (1) If a person charged with any criminal violation of this code fails to appear or otherwise respond in court, the magistrate court shall notify the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles: thereof within fifteen ninety days of the scheduled date to appear unless the person sooner appears or otherwise responds in court to the satisfaction of the magistrate. Upon notice, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall suspend any privilege the person failing to appear or otherwise respond may have to operate a motor vehicle in this state, including any driver's license issued to the person by the Division of Motor Vehicles, until final judgment in the case and, if a judgment of guilty, until all costs, fines, fees, forfeitures, restitution or penalties imposed are paid in full. The suspension shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of section six, article three, chapter seventeen-b of this code.
(NOTE: Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.)