AB 615

Currently, if a person fails to pay a monetary judgment ordered by a municipal

court, the court may suspend the person's motor vehicle operating privilege for up

to two years under certain conditions, order the assignment of up to 25 percent of the

person's earnings or other money due to the person to pay the judgment, order that

the person be imprisoned for up to 90 days, with each day resulting in a credit of at

least $50 of the unpaid judgment, or a combination of these remedies.

If the court orders that the person be imprisoned, the person is required to be

committed to a jail or house of correction in the county in which the cause of action

arose. Under this bill, if the court orders that the person be imprisoned, the person

may be committed to a jail in a different county within or outside of the state if all

of the following requirements are met:

1. The other county borders the county in which the cause of action arose.

2. The monthly expenses charged to the municipality by the other county to

imprison the defendant are at least 25 percent less than the monthly expenses

charged by the county in which the cause of action arose.

3. The other county agrees to having the defendant committed to a jail in that

county.