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B.C. to eliminate payment reminders in bid to get COVID-19 rule-breakers to pay fines
COVID-19 rule-breakers pay their fine within 30 days of a court ruling or dispute period ending.The province is asking ICBC, which collects ticket fines on behalf of the government, to send deemed-guilty offenders immediately to collections. The province has historically given people up to a year before referring a fine to collections.“The provincial health officer’s directions and the solicitor general’s orders are clear,” Premier John Horgan said.“Right now, we all need to mask up in indoor public spaces and not gather with anyone outside our household, and today’s expanded enforcement measures will help us change behaviours and bend the curve of infections back down.” B.C.