Tarifas y exenciones para programas de educación vial en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si cometes una infracción de tráfico, puedes tomar un curso de educación vial. Este curso tiene un costo, pero si no puedes pagarlo, no te lo cobrarán.

Es como si quisieras jugar en un equipo de fútbol, pero hay una cuota para unirte. Si no tienes dinero, el entrenador te deja jugar gratis para que puedas aprender.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan recibió una multa por exceso de velocidad. Para evitar que su multa aumente, decide inscribirse en un curso de educación vial. Aunque el curso cuesta $140, como Juan no puede pagar, el costo se le perdona y puede participar sin problemas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 17-22-350. Fees; waiver; distribution of fee proceeds. (A) A person shall pay a nonrefundable one hundred forty-dollar fee to apply for a traffic education program that cannot be reduced or suspended. Additionally, a person shall pay a nonrefundable fee, not to exceed one hundred forty dollars, to participate in a traffic education program. Participation in a traffic education program may not be denied due to a person's inability to pay. If a person is deemed unable to pay, both the application fee and the participation fee must be waived. (B) For offenses that would have been otherwise tried in magistrates court, the governmental agency administering the program shall retain the participation fee to support the traffic education program. The application fees must be remitted to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall remit 9.17 percent of the revenue from the application fees to the county to be used for the purposes set forth in Section 14-1-207(D) and remit the balance of the revenue from the application fees to the Office of the State Treasurer on a monthly basis, by the fifteenth day of each month, and make reports on a form and in a manner prescribed by the State Treasurer. Fees paid in installments must be remitted as received. The State Treasurer shall deposit the amounts received as follows: (1) 23.62 percent to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; (2) 15.12 percent to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy; (3) .44 percent to the Department of Public Safety's South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame; (4) 13.73 percent to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division; (5) 6.01 percent to the General Fund; (6) 10.97 percent to the Commission on Indigent Defense; (7) 1.34 pe