SB 5043-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Allows a collection agency to collect a transaction fee for processing a credit card payment that does not exceed two and one-half percent of the payment amount.

Prohibits interest from accruing on nonrestitution legal financial obligations until the date of release from full or partial custody.

Prohibits a court from imposing a term of partial or total confinement if a violation of a condition or requirement of sentence is only for failure to pay legal financial obligations with an unpaid principal of twenty-five thousand dollars or less.