§ 8-15-9.1. Payment by credit card.
(a) The director of the finance section of the state courts shall establish procedures,
in conjunction with the state controller and general treasurer, by which court imposed
fines and costs may be paid by credit card presented at the offices of the court clerks.
These procedures may include the imposition of a surcharge on the credit card user
for each transaction. This surcharge shall not exceed the amount charged to the state
by the credit card contractor for the corresponding transaction. Nothing contained
in this section shall require justices of the peace acting as bail commissioners to
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§ 8-15-9.1. Payment by credit card.
(a) The director of the finance section of the state courts shall establish procedures,
in conjunction with the state controller and general treasurer, by which court imposed
fines and costs may be paid by credit card presented at the offices of the court clerks.
These procedures may include the imposition of a surcharge on the credit card user
for each transaction. This surcharge shall not exceed the amount charged to the state
by the credit card contractor for the corresponding transaction. Nothing contained
in this section shall require justices of the peace acting as bail commissioners to
accept credit cards during the hours when the clerk's offices are closed.
(b) No person making any payment by credit card shall be relieved from liability for the
underlying obligation except to the extent that the state realizes final payment of
the underlying obligation in cash or the equivalent. If final payment is not made
by the credit card issuer or other guarantor of payment in the credit card transaction,
then the underlying obligation shall survive and the state shall retain all remedies
for enforcement which would have applied if the credit card transaction had not occurred.
No contract may modify the provisions of this subsection.
(c) Credit card account numbers in the possession of a state or local government are confidential
and shall not be deemed public records.