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Title
Traffic: Installment Payment of Bail Forfeiture and Traffic Violator School Fees (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Traffic Advisory Committee recommends revising forms TR-300 and TR-310 for installment payments for traffic infractions. These revisions would standardize and improve court procedures related to installment payment plans for infraction offenses and would expand the advisement of rights provided to defendants. The revised forms would inform defendants of their right to request a determination of their ability to pay at any time before their final payment. The committee developed the revised forms in response to Judicial Council directives to consider recommendations to promote access to justice in all infraction cases.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Traffic Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2017, with implementation as soon as reasonably possible, but no later than May 1, 2017:
1. Revise forms TR-300, Agreement to Pay and Forfeit Bail in Installments; and TR-310, Agreement to Pay Traffic Violator School Fees in Installments.
Courts must implement these provisions as soon as reasonably possible
but no later than May 1, 2017.