Bill Text: VA HB246 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties, etc.; criminal and traffic cases, itemized statement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor [HB246 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB246-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 246 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice on January 26, 2024) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Jones) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-360.1, relating to fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties, other costs; criminal and traffic cases; itemized statement.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-360.1 as follows:

§19.2-360.1. Itemized statement of fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalty, and other costs.

The clerk of the court shall provide an itemized statement to any defendant convicted of a traffic infraction or a violation of any criminal law of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof, or found not innocent in the case of a juvenile, who is sentenced to pay a fine, restitution, forfeiture, or penalty or assessed any other costs in the circuit court or appropriate district court of his county or city at the time such fine, restitution, forfeiture, penalty, or other costs are assessed, or within a reasonable time after assessment. The clerk shall also provide an updated statement of the outstanding balances of fines, forfeiture, and penalties, restitution and costs, or payment history upon request of the defendant.