Payment Plan PMB

SCCCD PD Payment Plan through Parking Management Bureau

In compliance with CVC § 40220 (a)(D)(I) , the following is SCCCD’s Parking Citation Payment Plan for persons with multiple unpaid parking citations.

Parking Management Bureau (PMB) may proceed to collect an unpaid parking penalty and related service fees by filing an itemization of unpaid parking penalties and related service fees with the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) for collection with the registration of the vehicle pursuant to Section 4760. For unpaid parking penalties issued on and after July 1, 2018, and related service fees, PMB shall not file an itemization with the Department unless all of the following conditions have been satisfied:

1. PMB provides a payment plan option for indigent persons that, at a minimum, does all of the following:
   • Allows payment of unpaid parking penalties and related service fees in monthly installments of no more than twenty-five dollars ($25) for total amounts due that are five hundred dollars ($500) or less. The amount of late fees and penalty assessments waived pursuant to subclause (2) shall not be counted in calculating that total amount of five hundred dollars ($500) or less. Unpaid parking penalties and fees shall be paid off within 24 months. There shall be no prepayment penalty for paying off the balance prior to the payment period expiring.
   • Waives all late fees and penalty assessments, exclusive of any state surcharges described in Sections 70372, 76000, and 76000.3 of the Government Code, if an indigent person enrolls in the payment plan. Waived late fees and penalty assessments may be reinstated if the person falls out of compliance with the payment plan.
   • Limits the processing fee to participate in a payment plan to five dollars ($5) or less for indigent persons. The processing fee for an indigent person may be added to the payment plan amount at the discretion of the indigent person. If a processing agency offers a payment plan option to persons who are not indigent, limit the processing fee to participate in the payment plan to twenty-five dollars ($25) or less.
   • Allows a person a period of 120 calendar days from the issuance of a notice of parking violation or 10 days after the administrative hearing determination, whichever is later, to file a request to participate in a payment plan.
2. PMB includes the information described above in subclauses (1) and (2) in the notice of parking violation and includes both in the notice of parking violation and on its public internet website, a web page link, and telephone number to more information on the payment program. PMB shall ensure that the linked internet web page is readily accessible in a prominent location on the parking citation payment section of the agency’s internet website and includes all of the following information:
   • The availability of an installment payment plan and the timeframe in which to apply.
   • The person’s right to request an indigency determination and the timeframe in which the person must apply.
   • Clear language about how the person can request an indigency determination and what that determination will entail.
   • Documents needed by the processing agency to make an indigency determination.
3. The person fails to enroll in the payment plan within the time specified in the notice or is not eligible for the payment plan because the person is not indigent.
   • PMB shall allow a person who falls out of compliance with the payment plan a one-time extension of 45 calendar days from the date the payment plan becomes delinquent to resume payments before it files an itemization of unpaid parking penalties and related service fees with the Department.
   • PMB shall rescind the filing of an itemization of unpaid parking penalties and related service fees with the Department for an indigent person, for one time only, if the registered owner or lessee enrolls in a payment plan and pays a late fee of no more than five dollars ($5).
4. For purposes of this policy, a person is “indigent” if any of the following conditions is met:
   • The person meets the income criteria set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 68632 of the Government Code.
   • The person receives public benefits from a program listed in subdivision (a) of Section 68632 of the Government Code.
5. The person may demonstrate that the person is indigent by providing either of the following information, as applicable:
   • Proof of income from a pay stub or another form of proof of earnings, such as a bank statement that shows that the person meets the income criteria set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 68632 of the Government Code, subject to review and approval by the processing agency or its designee. The processing agency or its designee shall not unreasonably withhold its approval.
   • Proof of receipt of benefits under the programs described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (D), including, but not limited to, an electronic benefit transfer card or another card, subject to review and approval by the processing agency. The processing agency or its designee shall not unreasonably withhold its approval.
6. If a defendant’s indigent status is found to have been willfully fraudulent, the defendant’s penalties and fees reduction shall be overturned, and the full amount of penalties and fees shall be restored.