1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to courts; permitting the court to collect 
  1.3             unpaid money after a stayed sentence is served; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 609.135, by 
  1.5             adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 609.135, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 8.  [FINE AND SURCHARGE COLLECTION.] Notwithstanding 
  1.10  any other provision of law to the contrary, a defendant's 
  1.11  obligation to pay court-ordered fines, surcharges, court costs, 
  1.12  and fees shall survive for a period of six years from the date 
  1.13  of the expiration of the defendant's stayed sentence for the 
  1.14  offense for which the fines, surcharges, court costs, and fees 
  1.15  were imposed, or six years from the imposition or due date of 
  1.16  the fines, surcharges, court costs, and fees, whichever is later.