THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, HALUSKA, MURT AND M. O'BRIEN, MARCH 28, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 28, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in penalties and disposition of fines, further

providing for inability to pay fine and costs.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 6504 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 6504.  Inability to pay fine and costs.

(a)  Order for installment payments.--Upon plea and proof

that a person is [unable] without the financial means to pay any

fine and costs imposed under this title, a court may, in

accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 9758 (relating to fine), order

payment of the fine and costs in installments and shall fix the

amounts, times and manner of payment.

(b)  Imprisonment for nonpayment.--Any person who does not

comply with an order entered under this section may be

imprisoned for a number of days equal to one day for each $40 of

the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.

(c)  Community service.--Upon plea and proof that a person is

without the financial means to pay any fine and costs imposed

under this title, a court may, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. §

9730 (relating to payment of court costs, restitution and

fines), order the performance of a reasonable period of

community service. Court-ordered community service may be

imposed under this subsection in lieu of payment of up to 50% of

the fine and costs originally imposed. The court so ordering

shall fix the duration, time and manner of the performance of

community service.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.