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with a Class A, Class B, or commercial Class C driver’s license may attend traffic violator school to avoid points for traffic violations in a vehicle that requires only a class M or noncommercial class C license. Vehicle Code section 42005(d) excludes violations of Vehicle Code sections 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, 23153, or 23103, as specified in section 23103.5, from eligibility for traffic violator school for pretrial diversion, a confidential conviction, or to avoid points.

Sample Calculation of Bail, Traffic Violator School Fee, and Court Operations Assessment for Multiple Offenses

1. Violation of Vehicle Code sections 21453(b), 27360.5(a), 24252(a)(1), and 26707.
2. No prior convictions are charged.
3. “Additional penalties” of between $22 and $29 as set out in section III for every $10 of base fine or
part thereof, plus the surcharge on the base fine per offense:

“Total Bail” Without Traffic School or Proof Traffic Violator School and Correction Total With
Proof

VC 21453(b) = $ 35 (VC 21453(b)) = $ 0
VC 27360.5(a) = $ 100 (VC 27360.5(a)) = $ 100
VC 24252(a)(1), VC 26707 = $ 50 Total base fine = $ 100
Total base fine = $ 185 Penalties ($29 x 10) = $ 290
Penalties ($29 x 19) = $ 551 Surcharge = $ 20
Surcharge = $ 37 TOTAL BAIL = $ 410
TOTAL BAIL = $ 773 Court operations (2 x $40) = $ 80
Conviction assessment (2 x $35) = $ 70
Court operations = $ 160 Night court assessment = $ 1
Conviction assessment = $ 140 TVS fee = $ 49
Night court assessment = $ 1 TVS/DMV admin. fee = $ 3
Correction fee (2 x $25) = $ 50
TOTAL = $ 1,074 TOTAL = $ 663

4. If the defendant is ordered to attend traffic violator school under VC 41501 for VC 21453(b) and
VC 27360.5(a), per VC 42007 the defendant is charged for the greater/more severe of the qualifying offenses:
VC 27360.5(a) at $486 ($100 + $290 + $20 + $75 + $1) plus the $49 and $3 DMV TVS fee per VC 42007.1 (total of $538).
5. The charges of VC 21453(b) and VC 27360.5(a) are continued under VC 41501. The charges of VC
24252(a)(1) and VC 26707 are continued pending proof of correction, required under VC 40522 for dismissal.
6. The defendant presents to the court timely evidence that he or she has completed traffic violator school.
The VC 21453(b) and VC 27360.5(a) violations are reported under VC 41501.
If the defendant submits to the court timely evidence under VC 40616 that the violations of VC 24252(a)(1) and VC
26707 have been corrected, the VC 24252(a)(1) and VC 26707 violations are dismissed under VC 40522, and a $50
“transaction fee” is charged under VC 40611. A court operations assessment of $40 is collected and
distributed as required by Penal Code section 1465.8 for reporting of VC 21453(b) for completion of traffic
violator school, and a criminal conviction assessment of $35 is collected under Government Code section
70373 for VC 21453(b).
7. The case is closed, with the court collecting $663 ($411 + $49 + 3 + $50 + $80 + $70) plus any fee under
VC 11205.2 and deduction of $1 if the court does not impose a night or weekend court assessment under VC 42006.

IX. Late Charge Vehicle Code section 40310 requires the imposition of a late charge of 50 percent on any traffic penalties not paid within 20 days.

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