Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-416

TRP 416

Return Hearing Fee for Motor Vehicle Violations

Mr. McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section_______, the following new Section:-

"SECTION ______: Section 57 is hereby amended by striking out the section and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Paragraph (4) of subsection (A) of section 3 of chapter 90C of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 16 of chapter 359 of the acts of 2010, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

If a violator is found not responsible after a noncriminal hearing for all civil motor vehicle infractions, the violator shall be entitled to a return of the $25 court filing fee. The trial court department shall return the full amount of the fee to the violator within 30 days of entering a finding of not responsible."