(a) Beginning October 1, 2018, and annually on or before December 31 thereafter, the Judicial Council shall report to the Department of Finance, the Legislature, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee the total amount of revenue collected in the prior fiscal year, by each court and county, from criminal fines, fees, forfeitures, penalties, restitution fines described in subdivision (b) of § 1202.4 of the Penal Code, and assessments related to infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(1) Total nondelinquent revenue collected and the number of cases associated with those collections.

Terms Used In California Government Code 68514

  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(2) Total delinquent revenue collected and the number of cases associated with those collections, as reported by each superior court and county pursuant to § 1463.010 of the Penal Code.

(3) Total amount of fines and fees dismissed, discharged, or satisfied by means other than payment.

(4) A description of the collection activities used pursuant to § 1463.007 of the Penal Code.

(5) The total amount collected per collection activity.

(6) The total number of cases by collection activity and the total number of individuals associated with those cases.

(7) Total operating costs per collection activity.

(8) The percentage of fines or fees that are defaulted on.

(9) The extent to which each court or county is meeting the collections best practices and performance measures and benchmarks, developed pursuant to subdivision (c) of § 1463.010 of the Penal Code, for its collection program.

(10) Any changes necessary to improve the performance of collection programs statewide.

(b) The Judicial Council shall separately list the information required in subdivision (a) for fines and fees assessed in a year before the current reporting year that had outstanding balances in the current reporting year.

(c) To the extent a court or county cannot provide the information listed in subdivisions (a) and (b), the Judicial Council shall notify the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and shall provide a plan for how to obtain this information in the future. The Department of Finance may approve alternate metrics if a court or county does not have this information.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 637, Sec. 6. (AB 1818) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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