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Finally! Indigence, Amnesty rules approved for Driver Responsibility Program

On this blog I more frequently play the role of critic than cheerleader, I told the Public Safety Commission today during their public comment period, but this morning I showed up at the commission's monthly meeting with pom poms (figuratively) in hand to praise them for approving the new Indigence and Amnesty rules for the Driver Responsibility Program on their consent agenda. (See the rules here.)As a reminder, these rules pertain to civil surcharges added by the Legislature in 2003 on top of criminal penalties for driving with no insurance, no license, or while intoxicated. While criminal fines for these offenses are paid in a single shot, the surcharges are owed over three consecutive years, which is why as a practical matter they mostly go unpaid...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).