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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT

ADMINISTRATION

     Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, and Lynch

     Date Introduced: April 01, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 8-15-9.3 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-15 entitled "Court

Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     8-15-9.3. Public inspection of court payments owed. -- (a) Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, the director of the finance section on a quarterly basis shall prepare a list of the

persons who owe court imposed or court related fees, fines, court costs, assessments, charges

and/or any other monetary obligations due and owing to the state which have been unpaid for a

period in excess of ninety (90) days from the date that any such amounts were due and are not the

subject of a court-ordered payment plan in good standing. (The above fees are hereinafter referred

to as "Overdue Court Fees".) The list shall contain the name and address city or state of each

person who owes Overdue Court Fees as of the end of the quarter, together with the total amount

owed, and the date that the Overdue Court Fees were imposed and the date they became due of

disposition. No person owing Overdue Court Fees shall be included on such list if the underlying

matter in which Overdue Court Fees were imposed, or the amount of the fees, is the subject of an

appeal.

      (b) The director of finance shall not include a person's name on the list unless he or she

has given the person at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of the intent to include the

person's name on the list. Said notice shall be sent to the person's last known address by regular

mail. If during said thirty (30) day period, the person pays the overdue court fines in full, the

name of the person shall not be included on the list.

      (c)(b) Any such list prepared by the director of finance shall be available to the public

for inspection and shall be published on the website that is maintained by the courts. ; Provided

provided, however, that any such list prepared by the director shall not include any individuals

social security number or driver's license number.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT

ADMINISTRATION

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     This act would remove the thirty (30) day mail notice requirement to those owing

overdue court fees currently received prior to their names being published.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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