New measure allows some to have court fees waived – Center Square

Senate Bill 626 implements a pilot program in Cook County over the next two years designed to help people pay fees in traffic court. The program creates a sliding scale to help those at the poverty line.
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debtsor
4 years ago

“What the judges in traffic court have experienced is that when someone can not afford to pay these assessments, they simply don’t,” Cassidy said. “It is as likely that this bill could be a revenue generator as it is that it could be a cost.” Cassidy-(D)evil aka the sponsor of the country’s most liberal baby killing statutes, is a leftwing crazy nutjob. So of course this statute is bat-sheet crazy just like her. https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0626.htm Essentially anyone earning less than $50k a year can have some or all of their traffic fines waived. So if you’re poor, you can commit traffic… Read more »

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