Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 55.

This bill prohibits the suspension of a person’s driver license as a result of the person's failure to timely pay litigation taxes, court costs, and fines assessed as a result of disposition of any criminal offense. <br /> <br /> Generally under present law, a person who is issued a driver license and who has not paid all litigation taxes, court costs, and fines assessed as a result of disposition of any offense under the criminal laws of this state within one year of the date of the completion of the sentence must enter into an installment payment plan with the clerk of the court ordering disposition of the offense to make payments on the taxes, costs, and fines owed. Failure to make payments under the plan results in suspension of the driver license and the issuance of a restricted license. <br /> <br /> This bill removes the provision for suspension of a driver license for failure to make payments under the plan. This bill provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to have a driver license and whose driver license was revoked under present law, prior to July 1, 2021, for nonpayment of litigation taxes, court costs, and fines assessed may apply to the court having original jurisdiction over the offense for an order reinstating the person's license upon entering into an installment payment plan or the submittal of proof of indigency. The person may present a certified copy of the court's order to the department of safety, which will reissue a driver license at no cost to the person if the person is otherwise eligible for a driver license.<br />