PRINTER'S NO. 1124
No. 958 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 29, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 29, 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
18 the unpaid balance of the fine and costs.
1 (c) Community service.--Upon plea and proof that a person is 2 without the financial means to pay any fine and costs imposed 3 under this title, a court may, in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 4 9730 (relating to payment of court costs, restitution and 5 fines), order the performance of a reasonable period of 6 community service. Court-ordered community service may be 7 imposed pursuant to this subsection in lieu of payment of up to 8 50% of the fine and costs originally imposed. The court so 9 ordering shall fix the duration, time and manner of the 10 performance of community service. 11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A31L75DMS/20070H0958B1124 - 2 -