Florida Rules of Traffic Court
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6.490. Correction and Reduction of Penalty
(a) Correction of Penalty. An official may at any
time correct an illegal penalty.
(b) Reduction of Penalty. An official may reduce
a
legal penalty
(1) within 60 days after its imposition;
(2) within 60 days after receipt by the official of a
mandate issued by the appellate court upon affirmance
of the judgment and/or penalty on an original appeal;
(3) within 60 days after receipt by the official of
a certified copy of an order of the appellate court dismissing
an original appeal from the judgment
and/or
penalty; or
(4) if further appellate review is sought in a higher
court or in successively higher courts, then within 60
days after the highest state or federal court to which a
timely appeal has been taken under authority of law,
or in which a petition for certiorari has been timely
filed under authority of law, has entered an order of
affirmance or an order dismissing the appeal and/or
denying certiorari.
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