California finally gets it. Traffic ticket amnesty will be offered beginning October 1, 2015.
The state finally recognizes that traffic ticket fines are too high for the ordinary driver. If your California Driver’s License has been suspended because of nonpayment of outstanding traffic tickets, if you have been charged with driving on a suspended license or driving without a valid California Driver’s license, there may be a silver lining in the middle of that dark cloud because recent legislation, Vehicle Code section 42008.8 can offer you relief.
California Vehicle Code section 42008.8 is a traffic ticket amnesty program that will reinstate California driver’s licenses that are suspended for failure to appear and/or failure to pay traffic fines. The driver’s license reinstatement occurs contingent upon the license holder’s entry into a payment plan for outstanding fines.
All persons who apply for the amnesty program are eligible for a fifty (50%) reduction in outstanding fines if they meet the eligibility requirements.. But if the license holder is low-income, the amnesty program will reduce up to eighty (80) percent of the outstanding fines. Civil assessments for failures to pay and failures to appear issued under California Penal Code section 1214.1 are waived.
Any persons eligible to have a driver's license, including undocumented individuals who are eligible for a driver's license under AB 60, are entitled to participate in the traffic amnesty program if they meet the eligibility requirements. Applications for the fine reduction and license reinstatement will be accepted starting on October 1, 2015.
More will be written on this when more information becomes available.
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This is a fair decision from the state of California and also DMV California. It is not feasible for ordinary men to afford huge ticket charges. So i'm damn sure that this amnesty program can make significant changes and also some benefits for people in California.
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