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Committee backs option for civil $150 penalty as alternative to arrest for driving on suspended license
Summary
Senate committee recommended a due pass for House Bill 1422, which would allow officers to issue a civil $150 penalty for driving without a valid license as an optional alternative to arrest for driving under suspension, a change supporters say could reduce court and indigent defense costs.
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to give House Bill 1422 a “do pass” recommendation after hearing from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and law-enforcement supporters.
Travis Fink, executive director of the commission that oversees public defense delivery in North Dakota, described the bill as an optional civil pathway for officers who stop a driver with a suspended license. Under current law, a driving-under-suspension arrest is a criminal matter that can expose a defendant to jail time and requires the appointment of counsel for indigent…
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