(a) A person wishing to participate in the Second Chance Drivers License Program shall complete an application form prepared by the director.
(b) Upon receipt of a persons application, the director shall coordinate with the courts and the commissioner to verify the total amount of the applicants unpaid court costs in the state of West Virginia at the time of the application.
(c) All courts shall provide a full accounting of all unpaid court costs assignable to the applicant within 30 days of the request of the director. The accounting shall separately identify the portion of the court costs that constitute a fine, forfeiture, penalty, or the amount due as restitution to a crime victim or costs to be credited to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund pursuant to 62-5-10 of this code remaining unpaid by the applicant for each order of the court for which unpaid balances remain.
(d) Any unpaid court costs not reported to the director by a court as provided by subsection (c) of this section may not be collected separately by the court during the time in which the applicant is a participant in the program.
(e) If a participant completes the program, any unpaid court costs, except for unpaid fines, and unpaid amounts due as restitution to a crime victim or costs to be credited to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund pursuant to 62-5-10 of this code, not submitted to the director pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be considered waived unless the unpaid court costs were part of an order entered after the date upon which the director requested information for a participant. The drivers license suspension or revocation with respect to any unpaid fine not reported by a court shall be released upon completion of the program by the participant.
(f) Within 30 days after receipt of information concerning unpaid court costs, the director shall determine if the applicant is eligible to participate in the program. Upon determination, the director shall promptly notify the applicant of his or her acceptance into the program.
(g) Upon acceptance of the applicant as a participant in the program, the director shall develop a consolidated repayment schedule for the participant, which will require the participant to remit payments on a monthly basis to the director according to guidelines established by the director in legislative rules, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The monthly payment shall be determined based on the participants monthly income and expenditures, but may not be less than $50 per month; and