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Arizona Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-1631 Traffic ticket enforcement assistance program; establishment

A. The department shall establish procedures to:1. Assist the courts and political subdivisions of this state to collect delinquent monetary obligations imposed for violations of title 5, chapter 31 and

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for civil and criminal traffic violations. 2. Assist in the enforcement of criminal traffic failure to appear offenses. B. The program established by this article shall not include collection of delinquent parking tickets.

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Arizona Ariz. Code of Jud. Admin. Part 5, Ch. 2, § 5-205(D)-(G) Collections

D. Administration. The AOC shall oversee the FARE program including: 1. Provision of local collection services to include: reminder notices, web and telephone based credit and debit card payment options,

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delinquency notices, installment payment plan services, referral to the DSO/TIP program, referral to the TTEAP program, electronic skip tracing, case record data enhancement, and advanced collection services including credit bureau reporting, skip tracing, outbound calling, and wage garnishment when authorized by the court. 2. Processing of existing delinquent court cases. 3. Provision of staff support for the FARE Advisory Committee established by Administrative Order No. 2007-39. 4. Managing and directing of the FARE vendor in the provision of contracted services including all current and future program maintenance and enhancement. 5. Administering the DSO/TIP program. 6. Preparing fiscal projections and creating a budget based on those projections to fund the FARE and DSO/TIP programs. 7. Establishing a FARE fee schedule to provide for the services of the FARE and DSO/TIP programs. 8. Administering the FARE fund and expending revenues in the fund to pay the operational expenses incurred in the FARE and DSO/TIP programs. 9. Recommending allocation of excess FARE revenues in the FARE fund to the Arizona Judicial Council (AJC). 10. Maintaining operational oversight over all FARE and DSO/TIP software. 11. Maintaining oversight of data interface with the FARE vendor, the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) the Department of Revenue (DOR) and the Arizona Lottery (AZL). 12. Overseeing the receipt of moneys from the DOR and AZL in response to finalized court claims and shall distribute those monies to the courts proportionately to the court claims processed. 13. Providing user training for the FARE and DSO/TIP programs to the courts. 14. Assisting the courts in resolving identity and data related discrepancies between the courts, the FARE vendor, MVD, DOR and AZL. 15. Ensuring connectivity between the FARE vendor, the administrative office, MVD and the local courts. The AOC shall also ensure connectivity between the administrative office and DOR.

E. General Provisions for FARE Participants. FARE participants shall: 1. Comply with the business and technical specifications established by the FARE court pioneers, available on the FARE web site. 2. Submit a court participation information form to the AOC on forms provided by the AOC when preparing to join the FARE program. 3. Be responsible for entering all applicable data into the case management system. 4. Be responsible for receipting all payments into the case management system. 5. Establish an account with a financial institution for the acceptance of funds received from Internet and telephone payments. 6. Refer all delinquent cases to the FARE vendor for special collection services, unless the court has an approved local collection plan and these cases are assigned to a vendor pursuant to the plan. The AOC shall determine which delinquent debt qualifies for special collection services according to criteria established by the AOC. 7. Transmit all FARE fees through the city or county treasurer, as appropriate, to the state treasurer. All fees collected/accumulated during the previous month shall be transmitted to the state treasurer by the fifteenth of the succeeding month.

F. General Provisions for DSO/TIP Participants. DSO/TIP participants shall: 1. Submit a DSO/TIP participant’s agreement in the form provided by the AOC. 2. Ensure that all social security number, case, person, and balance information submitted to the DSO/TIP program has been reviewed for accuracy and shall make all necessary corrections to ensure accurate and complete data is submitted timely. 3. Review interceptions by the DOR for validity within ten days of receipt. Erroneous interceptions shall be released immediately. DSO/TIP participants are responsible for all applicable DOR fees, penalties and interest per A.R.S. § 42-1122(O). 4. Finalize all interceptions within 30 days of receipt from DOR. DSO/TIP participants that do not comply with the 30-day finalization limit shall refund to the debtor any applicable DOR fees, penalties and interest incurred. 5. Receipt all valid interceptions into the case management system. 6. Remit to the AOC the DOR intercept fees upon receipt of the fee invoice.

G. Local Collection Services. 1. Courts planning expansion of existing collection services, independent of or separate from the FARE program, shall submit such plan to the AJC for approval prior to proceeding with development and implementation. 2. Courts that did not have collection services prior to August 12, 2003, shall not develop a program or contract with a private vendor for collection services without approval of the plan by the AJC. 3. Courts planning development or expansion of a collection program shall provide the AJC a report that describes the following information, at a minimum: a. A comparison of the court’s existing collection program (if any) versus expansion. b. Consistency of the local court plan with the goals of FARE. c. Replication of the current services offered by FARE. d. Replication of future services planned for FARE. 5 e. Ability of FARE to timely provide the needed services. f. Time line for implementation of the local court plan. g. Impact of subsequent transition of the court to FARE. h. Resource investment (personnel and financial) to implement the local court program. i. Efficiency of resources of local court plan. j. Opportunity for the FARE vendor to compete with other vendors for the court’s collection services needs. k. Compare the local court plan cost of collection with FARE. 4. Approval of court development or expansion plans is delegated to the administrative director in periods between AJC meetings

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Florida Fla. Stat. §775.089(10)(a) Definitions; General Penalties; Registration of Criminals: Restitution

Any default in payment of restitution may be collected by any means authorized by law for enforcement of a judgment.

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Florida Fla. Stat. §775.089(11)(b) Definitions; General Penalties; Registration of Criminals: Restitution

The court may order the Department of Corrections to collect and dispense restitution and other payments from persons remanded to its custody or supervision.

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Florida Fla. Stat. §946.512 Inmate compensation plan

The corporation shall establish a compensation plan that provides for a specific amount to be paid to the department to be credited to an account for an inmate performing labor

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and a portion to be used to make any court-ordered payments, including restitution to the victim, and a specific amount to be paid to the Prison Industries Trust Fund to be used as provided in s. 946.522. Such funds, excluding victim restitution payments, court-ordered payments, and the amount credited to the account of the inmate, shall be deposited in the Prison Industries Trust Fund to be used as provided in s. 946.522.

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Florida Fla. Stat. §951.032 Financial responsibility for medical expenses

(1) A county detention facility or municipal detention facility incurring expenses for providing medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation may seek reimbursement for the expenses incurred in the following order:

(a) From the

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prisoner or person receiving medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation by deducting the cost from the prisoner’s cash account on deposit with the detention facility. If the prisoner’s cash account does not contain sufficient funds to cover medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation, then the detention facility may place a lien against the prisoner’s cash account or other personal property, to provide payment in the event sufficient funds become available at a later time. Any existing lien may be carried over to future incarceration of the same prisoner as long as the future incarceration takes place within the county originating the lien and the future incarceration takes place within 3 years of the date the lien was placed against the prisoner’s account or other personal property.

(b) From an insurance company, health care corporation, or other source if the prisoner or person is covered by an insurance policy or subscribes to a health care corporation or other source for those expenses.

(2) A prisoner who receives medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or transportation shall cooperate with the county detention facility or municipal detention facility in seeking reimbursement under paragraphs(1)(a) and (b) for expenses incurred by the facility for the prisoner. A prisoner who willfully refuses to cooperate with the reimbursement efforts of the detention facility may have a lien placed against the prisoner’s cash account or other personal property and may not receive gain-time as provided by s. 951.21.

 

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Florida Fla. Stat. §951.033 Income and assets; payment of subsistence costs

(1) The Legislature finds that there is an urgent need to alleviate the increasing financial burdens on local subdivisions of the state caused by the expenses of incarcerating prisoners. In addition

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to a prisoner’s cash account on deposit in local detention facilities, many prisoners have sources of income and assets outside of the facility, which may include bank accounts, inheritances, real estate, social security payments, veteran’s payments, and other types of financial resources.

(2) The local detention facility shall determine the financial status of prisoners for the purpose of paying from their income and assets all or a fair portion of their daily subsistence costs. In determining the financial status of prisoners, any income exempt by state or federal law shall be excluded. Consideration shall be given to the prisoner’s ability to pay, the liability or potential liability of the prisoner to the victim or guardian or the estate of the victim, and his or her dependents.

(3) The chief correctional officer of a local subdivision may direct a prisoner to pay for all or a fair portion of daily subsistence costs. A prisoner is entitled to reasonable advance notice of the assessment and shall be afforded an opportunity to present reasons for opposition to the assessment.

(4) An order from the chief correctional officer directing payment of all or a fair portion of a prisoner’s daily subsistence costs may survive against the estate of the sentenced prisoner.

(5) The chief correctional officer may seek payment for the prisoner’s subsistence costs from:

(a) The prisoner’s cash account on deposit at the facility; or

(b) A civil restitution lien on the prisoner’s cash account on deposit at the facility or on other personal property.

(6) If the prisoner’s cash account at the local detention facility does not contain sufficient funds to cover subsistence costs, the chief correctional officer may place a civil restitution lien against the prisoner’s cash account or other personal property. A civil restitution lien may continue for a period of 3 years and applies to the cash account of any prisoner who is reincarcerated within the county in which the civil restitution lien was originated.

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Florida Fla. Stat. §960.21 Crimes Compensation Trust Fund

(1) There is created a special fund, to be known as the “Crimes Compensation Trust Fund,” for the purpose of providing for the payment of all necessary and proper expenses incurred

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by the operation of the department and the payment of claims. The department shall administer the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund.

(2) The moneys placed in the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of compensating the victims of crime and other claimants under this act, and of moneys recovered on behalf of the department by subrogation or other action, recovered through restitution, received from the Federal Government, received from additional court costs, received from fines, or received from any other public or private source.

(3) All administrative costs of this chapter and the service charge provided for in chapter 215 shall be paid out of moneys collected pursuant to this chapter and deposited in the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund.