MA S963

Bill

Relative to collection of outstanding delinquent legal fees

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to collection of outstanding delinquent legal fees. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to amend the General Laws to allow the clerk of the court to submit quarterly reports to MassHealth, the Department of Transitional Assistance, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles detailing any unresolved counsel fees owed by individuals for whom counsel was appointed. These fees would then be considered as financial benefits that need to be repaid to the state. Additionally, the Department of Revenue would not issue state tax refunds to these individuals until the outstanding counsel fees are resolved, with the option for a hearing to challenge the existence of the fee.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (2)

Richard Ross (R), Bruce Tarr (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2313 (on 03/01/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S963

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S963
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S963.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1495	Relative to the collection of personal property taxes	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H1558	To promote sales tax fairness for main street retailers	Accompanied a new draft, see H3666	Similar To
H2318	Relative to the collection of outstanding delinquent legal fees	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
H3766	Prohibiting the collection of personal information from a consumer	Accompanied a study order, see H4651	Similar To
S1290	Improving juvenile justice data collection	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1542	Protecting senior citizens from third party tax collection	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S2266	To prevent bureaucratic overreach in the collection of student debt	No further action taken	Similar To
S2313	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to issues before the joint committee on the Judiciary	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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