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Bill reconciles court rules and statutes on infractions, updates filing deadlines
Summary
Substitute House Bill 2,178 would harmonize statutory timelines and court rules for civil infractions and malicious mischief thresholds, increase filing and response timeframes, and shift certain distributions from the Administrative Office of the Courts to the State Treasurer, officials told the committee.
Substitute House Bill 2,178 was presented Feb. 19 to the Law and Justice Committee as a technical package aligning statutory language with current court rules and practice.
Tim Ford, staff counsel, summarized the changes: raising the aggregation threshold so multiple small property damages no longer aggregate at an older $250 level but instead align with the…
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