Statewide Infraction Amnesty Program Report to the Legislature
The Judicial Council has recently released a full report on the 18-month Statewide Traffic Infraction Amnesty Program. The program, offered from October 2015 – March 2017, provided individuals the opportunity to resolve their delinquent court-ordered debt at a significant reduction and request restoration of driving privileges. According to reports filed by all 58 court and county collection programs, 255,306 cases were resolved; $45,111,315 in gross revenue was collected; and total operating costs for the Amnesty Program were $13,549,179. Net revenue collected and distributed under the Traffic Amnesty Program was $31,562,136. In addition, more than 246,000 individuals qualified to have their driver’s license restored.