Parking Citation Payment Plan
A registered owner (CVC 460, 505) or person responsible for vehicle citations received on Mt. San Jacinto Community College District property shall be eligible to enroll in a payment plan when they have multiple unpaid parking citations.
- Once this threshold is met, any citations associated with this vehicle, registered owner, or person responsible may be added to the payment plan, at the time of enrolment.
- If additional citations are accrued during the payment plan period, the plan may not be modified to include these citations, nor will a concurrent payment plan be offered.
The fee to enroll in a payment plan is $25.00 applied late fees, as well as any late fees not yet applied, will be placed in abeyance while the payment plan is in place. If the individual adheres to the plan terms, these late fees will be waived once the payment plan is complete.
- If an individual defaults on the payment plan, a subsequent payment plan will not be offered for those citations and any late fees placed in abeyance will be immediately reinstated. The total amount due, including all late fees, will be submitted to the appropriate Department of Motor Vehicles for a Registration hold on the vehicle. An Academic Hold will be placed on the Students records until the total fees are paid in full.
- The request for a payment plan must be made before the citation is transferred to DMV for collection. (21 days after issue of the citation}.Once the payment plan is in place and the individual is adhering to its terms, an itemization of unpaid parking penalties and service fees will not be filed with the DMV (also known as a "DMV Registration Hold") and any DMV Registration Hold in place will be temporarily removed pending satisfactorily completing the payment plan. At plan enrollment, an initial payment of $25 or 10% of the amount owed (whichever amount is greater), plus the $25 enrollment fee, is required.
Payments must be made each calendar month:
- There is no grace period for late payments.
- For mailed payments, a postmarked date is acceptable to meet this requirement.
Payment plan duration:
1st months payment will be $25 or 10% of unpaid fines (whichever amount is greater) plus the
$25 enrollment plan fee. Subsequent month’s payments will be determined by dividing the remaining balance by 4.
Definitions:
Late: The citation is past 21 days from issuance and 14 days from mailing of the reminder notice, and additional fees may be applied.
Delinquent: The citation is unpaid, and late fees have been applied.
Person responsible: The individual who has opted to enter into the payment plan with the Mt. San Jacinto Community College District, Campus Safety department.
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Applications for indigence determination/payment plans must be received within 60 calendar days from the issuance of the most recent parking violation, or 10 days after the administrative hearing determination, whichever is later.
- The registered owner or lessee who fails to enroll in the payment plan within the time specified in the notice or who is not eligible for the payment plan because he or she is not indigent, will not be approved.
Indigent status are individuals who meet one or more of the following determinations:
Please provide proof of one of the below requirements:
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and State Supplementary Payment (SSP) (Article 5 (commencing with Section 12200) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs) (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) or a federal Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF) grant program (Section 10553.25 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Chapter 51 (commencing with Section 2011) of Title 7 of the United States Code) or the California Food Assistance Program (Chapter 10.1 (commencing with Section 18930) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- County Relief, General Relief (GR), or General Assistance (GA) (Part 5 (commencing with Section 17000) of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants (CAPI) (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 18937) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) (Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- Medi-Cal (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
- An applicant whose monthly income is 125 percent or less of the current poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of paragraph (2) of Section 9902 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
If an applicant's indigent status is found to have been willfully fraudulent, his or her fines and fees reduction shall be overturned and the full amount of fines and fees shall be restored.
Payments must be made each calendar month.
- Once a payment date is set, there is no grace period for late payments. One 45-day grace period is allowed...don't waste it on a late payment.
- Payments cannot be made on-line. Payments can be mailed to the Police Department or paid in person at the Police Department (check or money order only).
- For mailed payments, a postmark is acceptable to meet this requirement.
- The District will work with the individual to determine the term of repayment.
- All payments will be due by the 5th day of each month.
- No invoices or payment reminders will be sent.
This policy shall not affect individual campus procedures for using the Franchise Tax Board or the student hold process for fee collection.