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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	HOUSE BILL 3498 By: West (Tammy)
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to criminal procedure; amending 22
66	66	O.S. 2021, Section 983b, as amended by Section 2,
67	67	Chapter 29, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O .S. Supp. 2023, Section
68	68	983b), which relates to hearings for fines, fees,
69	69	costs, and assessments; directing courts to reduce
70	70	monthly installment amounts under certain
71	71	circumstances; allowing for voluntary payments
72	72	towards amounts owed ; providing restriction for
73	73	lowering monthly payments; and provi ding an effective
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 983b, as
83	83	amended by Section 2, Chapter 29, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2023,
84	84	Section 983b), is amended to read as follows:
85	85	Section 983b. A. Any person released on parole or released
86	86	without parole from a term of imprisonment with the Department of
87	87	Corrections shall be required to report at a time not less than one
88	88	hundred eighty (180) days after hi s or her release from the
89	89	Department of Corrections to:
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141	141	1. The district court of the coun ty from which the judgment and
142	142	sentence resulting in incarceration arose ; and
143	143	2. All other district courts or municipal courts where the
144	144	person owes fines, fees, cos ts and assessments,
145	145	for the purpose of scheduling a hearing to determine the abili ty of
146	146	the person to pay fines, fees, costs or assessments owed by the
147	147	person in every felony or misdemeanor criminal case filed in a
148	148	district court or criminal case filed in a municipal court of this
149	149	state. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with th e provisions
150	150	of Section VIII of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 22
151	151	O.S. 2011, Ch. 18, App. A court may for good cause shown or in its
152	152	discretion continue such he aring for up to one hundred eighty (180)
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154	154	B. In determining the abil ity of the person to satisfy fine s,
155	155	fees, costs or assessments owed to a district or municipa l court,
156	156	the court shall inquire of the person at the time of the hearing
157	157	which counties and municipalities the person owes fines, fees, costs
158	158	or assessments in ev ery felony or misdemeanor crimina l case filed
159	159	against the person and shall consider all court -ordered debt,
160	160	including restitution and child support, in determining the ab ility
161	161	of the person to pay. In calculating and determining the ability of
162	162	a person to pay his or her fines, fees, costs, or assessments und er
163	163	the provisions of this subsection, any monies received from a
164	164	federal or state government need-based assistance program shall not
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216	216	be counted as personal income to pay for the legal and financial
217	217	obligations owed to the court . The court may reduce a pers on's
218	218	fines, fees, costs, or assessment s if it is determined by the court
219	219	that the person does not have the ability to pay the f ines, fees,
220	220	costs, or assessments . However, if the court determines that a
221	221	reduction in the fines, fees, costs, or assessments is warranted,
222	222	the court shall equally apply the same percentage reduction to the
223	223	fines, fees, costs, or assessments owed by the person. The person
224	224	shall not be required to pay any outstanding f ines, fees, costs or
225	225	assessments prior to the expiration of the one-hundred-eighty-day
226	226	period; provided, however, the person shall not be precluded from
227	227	voluntarily making payment toward the satisfaction of any fines,
228	228	fees, costs or assessments due and owi ng to a district or municipal
229	229	court of this state.
230	230	C. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall promulgat e rules
231	231	governing the provisions of this section including, but not limited
232	232	to:
233	233	1. Reporting, hearing and payment requirements as provided for
234	234	in subsections A and B of this section;
235	235	2. Consolidating district and municipal court fines, fees,
236	236	costs or assessments owed by a person into one order for payment;
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289	289	3. Accepting and distributing p ayments received for fines,
290	290	fees, costs or assessments to various district and municipal courts
291	291	when consolidated by the court into one order for payment.
292	292	D. When determining the ability of a person to pay fines, fees,
293	293	costs, or assessments under the provisions of this section, if the
294	294	person is on an installment plan for fines, fees, costs, or
295	295	assessments owed for felony or misdemeanor criminal cases or traffic
296	296	cases in another county, the court shall reduc e monthly installments
297	297	by the monthly installment amount the person is required to pay in
298	298	the other county for the length of the payment plan in the other
299	299	court. If otherwise unavailable to the court, the person shall
300	300	provide documentation of his or her install ment plan in another
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302	302	1. The provisions of this subsection shall not preclude a
303	303	person from voluntarily making payment toward s the satisfaction of
304	304	any fines, fees, costs, or assessments in higher installment
305	305	amounts.
306	306	2. The provisions of this subsection shall not be used to
307	307	require a court to lower monthly payments to below one and one-half
308	308	percent (1.5%) of the monthly income o f a person or Twenty Dollars
309	309	($20.00), whichever is greater.
310	310	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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312	312	59-2-9822 GRS 01/12/24

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