Bill > HB2259

Introduced Session

An Act relating to court financial obligations; amending 19 O.S. 2021, Sections 514.4 and 514.5, which relate to outstanding warrants and administrative costs; establishing court cost compliance program; stating purpose of program; authorizing assistance of court cost compliance liaisons; modifying requirements for certain payments; establishing procedures for payments in cases referred to court cost compliance liaison; requiring reversal of transaction upon certain notification; authorizing addition of certain fees; requiring court cost compliance liaison to provide certain information; modifying procedures for release or recall of certain warrants; conforming language; authorizing certain waiver or reduction; amending 22 O.S. 2021, Section 983, which relates to failure to pay fines, costs, fees, or assessments; defining terms; authorizing court to make determination of defendant’s ability to pay; authorizing hardship waiver of court financial obligations under certain circumstances; requiring court to consider certain factors when making determination of ability to pay; prohibiting consideration of certain amounts as income; establishing presumptions of inability to pay; requiring court to provide certain information to defendant; requiring immediate appearance after sentencing by defendant to court clerk for certain purposes; stating consequence of certain failure to appear; authorizing certain payment terms for court financial obligations; authorizing defendant to request cost hearing; establishing procedures and requirements for cost hearing; authorizing court to rely on certain testimony and documentation for making certain determination; requiring promulgation of certain affidavit by Court of Criminal Appeals; authorizing certain conditions of payment by defendant able to pay; authorizing issuance of certain warrants; directing percentage of reduction of certain court financial obligations; establishing requirements and procedures for certain delinquency; specifying form of certain summons; directing referrals to court cost compliance program; establishing procedures for outstanding cost cite and release warrants; requiring law enforcement officer to issue certain warning; establishing procedures for issuance of certain warning; requiring certain actions by court clerk upon reporting of defendant; authorizing issuance of cost arrest warrant for failure to report; requiring court to conduct cost hearing or willfulness hearing under certain circumstances; providing exception to certain summons requirement; stating effect of provisions on certain warrants; providing for confidentiality of certain supporting documents; authorizing willfulness hearing under certain circumstances; construing provisions; requiring certain evaluations by court at willfulness hearing; authorizing court to impose jail sentence under certain circumstances; authorizing granting of certain credit upon imposition of jail sentence; modifying requirements for certain notice to Service Oklahoma; requiring county participation in court cost compliance program; requiring case referrals within certain time period; modifying requirements for certain procedures and rules; amending 28 O.S. 2021, Section 101, which relates to fees and costs in criminal cases; conforming language; increasing daily rates for imprisonment for satisfaction of court financial obligations; modifying definition; repealing Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Chapter 350, O.S.L. 2022, which relate to court financial obligations; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Court financial obligations ENR. H. B. NO. 2259

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Brent Howard (R)*,  Danny Sterling (R)*,  Regina Goodwin (D),  Ajay Pittman (D), 

Approved by Governor 05/15/2023 (on 05/15/2023)

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