Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.

Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer; failure to pay. Provides that a failure of the defendant to pay any fines or costs imposed on him at the time of being placed on probation as a condition of his probation shall not, by itself, be deemed a breach of such probation unless the court finds, after notice to the defendant and his counsel and a hearing, that the defendant has willfully refused to pay. The bill provides that in assessing su…

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 13, 2026

• Formerly incarcerated or family ofdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Probationers who are unable to pay fines, costs, restitution, or community service requirements may not be found in breach of probation solely for non-payment, unless willful refusal is proven.

  “Provides that a failure of the defendant to pay any fines or costs imposed on him at the time of being placed on probation as a condition of his probation shall not, by itself, be deemed a breach of such probation unless the court finds, after notice to the defendant and his counsel and a hearing, that the defendant has willfully refused to pay.”· Failure to pay