(a) If a defendant who elects or is ordered to attend a traffic violator school in accordance with Section 42005 and has paid the full traffic violator school bail amount required under Section 42007 fails to successfully complete the program within the time ordered by the court or any extension thereof, the court may, following notice to the defendant, order that the fee paid by the defendant be converted to bail and declare the bail forfeited. The bail forfeiture under this section shall be distributed as provided by Section 42007. Upon forfeiture of the bail, the court may order that no further proceedings shall be had in the case.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2011.
(Repealed (in Sec. 11) and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 11.5. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative July 1, 2011, by its own provisions.)