About Enhanced Collections
Sentencing Fines and Fees Assistant (SFFA)
Enhanced Collections
About Enhanced Collections
In 2004, legislation was enacted requiring the Judicial Council to establish a court-county working group on collections and to adopt guidelines for a comprehensive program to collect fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties and assessments imposed by the courts. (California Penal Code section 1463.010)
Members of the Collaborative Court-County Working Group on Enhanced Collections included representatives from California Superior Court Judges and Executive Officers, the California State Association of Counties, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and its Division of Juvenile Justice, the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, the California State Controller’s Office, and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).
In 2007, legislation was enacted requiring the Judicial Council to develop performance measures and benchmarks to review the effectiveness of the “cooperative superior court and county collection programs.” Each superior court and county collection program is required to jointly report to the Judicial Council regarding its performance and the extent to which it is following best practices (Penal Code section 1463.010).
Due to the accomplishments of the working group and the continuing efforts of the AOC Enhanced Collections Unit, courts and counties are provided with Collections Best Practices and Collections Performance Measures and Benchmarks, as well as educational tools and resources, to assist in establishing or enhancing comprehensive collection programs to improve the collection of court-ordered debt.
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