California Vehicle Code

§ 11205.2

VEH § 11205.2 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 5 · Ch. 1.5

Statute text

(a)As used in this chapter, a traffic assistance program (TAP) is a public or private nonprofit agency that provides services, under contract with a court to process traffic violators or under contract with the department to assist in oversight activities.

(b)A court may use a TAP to assist the court in performing services related to the processing of traffic violators. As used in this section, “services” means those services relating to the processing of traffic infraction cases at, and for, the court, including printing and providing to the court and traffic violators hard copy county-specific lists printed from the department’s Internet Web site, administratively assisting traffic violators, and any other lawful activity relating to the administration of the court’s traffic infraction caseload.

(c)The court may charge a traffic violator a fee to defray the costs incurred by a TAP for traffic case administration services provided to the court pursuant to subdivision (b). The court may delegate collection of the fee to the TAP. Fees shall be approved and regulated by the court. The fee shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by the TAP for the activities authorized under subdivision (b).

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 7) and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 7.5. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative January 1, 2013, by its own provisions.