Bill Text: AZ SB1070 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Technical correction; courts; credit cards

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - Senate read second time [SB1070 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2018-SB1070-Introduced.html

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PREFILED    JAN 05 2018

REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; courts; credit cards

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

SB 1070

 

Introduced by

Senator Yarbrough

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 12‑118, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the court.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 12-118, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE12-118.  Use of credit cards by courts; definition

A.  A court may accept a credit card, debit card, charge card, electronic funds transfer or other means as approved by the supreme court or the presiding judge for the payment of any monies payable to the court including but not limited to filing fees, bonds, fines, fees, sanctions, penalties, surcharges, assessments and restitution.

B.  The court may impose a convenience fee for payment made pursuant to this section.

C.  For the purposes of this section, "convenience fee" means an additional fee that is imposed by the court or an authorized agent for the acceptance of monies pursuant to subsection A of this section. END_STATUTE