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SCS/SB 42 - Under current law, prisoners in a county jail must pay the costs of their board. This act requires the circuit clerk in each county to report to the Office of State Courts Administrator the names of people certified by the sheriff as being delinquent in the payment of money owed for a period of imprisonment in a county jail. Whenever a person has satisfied his or her debt or begun making regular payments to the sheriff, the sheriff must notify the clerk that the person is no longer considered delinquent. When the Office of State Courts Administrator receives the name of a debtor, it is required to seek a setoff of state tax refunds and state lottery winnings until the full debt has been paid. This act makes individuals with delinquent county jail debts ineligible for a concealed carry endorsement. Those who currently have a concealed carry endorsement must surrender the driver's or nondriver's license with the endorsement to the court that reported the debt. The Department of Conservation must suspend and refuse to issue a hunting or fishing license for anyone reported delinquent to the department by the Office of State Courts Administrator. In addition, this act requires the Office of State Courts Administrator to notify debtors that the person will be ineligible for a concealed carry endorsement and a hunting or fishing license prior to forwarding a person's name to the Department of Revenue or Department of Conservation. The notice must contain information regarding the right of review of the debt in the court in which the debt arose. Eligibility for a new or renewed concealed carry endorsement or license to hunt or fish is reestablished when the county sheriff notifies the circuit clerk who notifies State Courts Administrator who notifies the Departments of Revenue and Conservation that the person has repaid the debt or honored a repayment plan with the sheriff. The court holding a surrendered concealed carry endorsement must return the endorsement upon notification by the sheriff to the circuit clerk that the debt is no longer considered delinquent. This act is similar to SB 900 (2012). MEGHAN LUECKE
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