PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1124 PRINTER'S NO. 2803
No. 958 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 29, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 31, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for the judicial imposition of community
3 service as a penalty.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6504 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6504. Inability to pay fine and costs.
9 (a) Order for installment payments.--Upon plea and proof
10 that a person is [unable] without the financial means to pay any
11 fine and costs imposed under this title, a court may, in
12 accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 9758 (relating to fine), order
13 payment of the fine and costs in installments and shall fix the
14 amounts, times and manner of payment.
15 (b) Imprisonment for nonpayment.--Any person who does not
16 comply with an order entered under this section may be
17 imprisoned for a number of days equal to one day for each $40 of
1 the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
2 (c) Community service.--Upon plea and proof that a person is
3 without the financial means to pay any fine and costs imposed
4 under this title, a court may, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. §
5 9730 (relating to payment of court costs, restitution and
6 fines), order the performance of a reasonable period of
7 community service. Court-ordered community service may be <--
8 imposed pursuant to this subsection in lieu of payment of up to
9 50% of the fine and costs originally imposed. The court so
10 ordering shall fix the duration, time and manner of the
11 performance of community service.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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