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Legislative counsel briefs Appropriations on judiciary technical bill H.937 correcting restitution cap and minor fee impacts
Summary
Legislative counsel Eric Fitzpatrick told the committee H.937 is a miscellaneous judiciary package that includes conforming statute changes to replace lingering $10,000 restitution-advance references with the current $5,000 cap and a small license-reinstatement fee provision; fiscal impact is minor and the bill will proceed through Ways and Means.
Eric Fitzpatrick of the Office of Legislative Counsel told the House Appropriations Committee that H.937 is a miscellaneous judiciary procedures bill containing roughly 30 discrete statutory fixes. He focused on sections that correct statutory cross-references to a victim restitution advance cap, noting the legislature had previously reduced the cap from $10,000…
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