2020 -- S 2829 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - JAILS AND PRISONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Euer, and Lynch Prata | |
Date Introduced: March 12, 2020 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-25-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-25 entitled "Jails and |
2 | Prisons" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-25-15. Imprisonment for failure to appear at a court ordered hearing. |
4 | (a) This section shall apply to every person who has been or shall be detained at or in the |
5 | adult correctional institutions for failure to appear at a court ordered ability to pay hearing. After |
6 | that person has completed his or her detention for lack of bail for failure to appear at an ability to |
7 | pay hearing, he or she shall receive a reduction in fines and fees owed to the court, if any, in the |
8 | amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day served (or any fraction |
9 | thereof) to be applied against the amount of his/her outstanding fines or costs, or both. |
10 | (b) Provided further, any person detained at the adult correctional institution for failure to |
11 | appear who also claims an inability to pay his or her fines or costs shall be entitled to an evidentiary |
12 | hearing in the district court within forty-eight (48) hours of the detention on the issue of ability to |
13 | pay. Should the forty-eight (48) hours fall on a weekend or holiday, the hearing shall be scheduled |
14 | on the next available court date. If, after the hearing, it is determined there is no ability to pay, then |
15 | that person shall immediately be released from detention. This section shall not deter or preclude |
16 | any available alternatives to payment of the fines or costs. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - JAILS AND PRISONS | |
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1 | This act would credit those people detained in the adult correctional institution the amount |
2 | of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per day toward any fines or costs they owe to the court when |
3 | held for lack of bail for failure to appear for a costs review hearing. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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