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SB736: Court fines and costs; community service work in lieu of payment, during imprisonment.
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-354 of the Code of Virginia, relating to payments of court fines and costs; community work in lieu of payment; during imprisonment. [S 736] Approved
1. That § 19.2-354 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
C. The court shall establish a program and may provide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work (i) before or after imprisonment or (ii) in accordance with the provisions of § 19.2-316.4, 53.1-59, 53.1-60, 53.1-128, 53.1-129, or 53.1-131 during imprisonment. The program shall specify the rate at which credits are earned and provide for the manner of applying earned credits against the fine or costs. The court assessing the fine or costs against a person shall inform such person of the availability of earning credit toward discharge of the fine or costs through the performance of community service work under this program and provide such person with written notice of terms and conditions of this program. The court shall have such other authority as is reasonably necessary for or incidental to carrying out this program.
SENATE BILL NO. 736 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on January 29, 2020) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Obenshain) A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-354 of the Code of Virginia, relating to payments of court fines and costs; community work in lieu of payment; during imprisonment.
SENATE BILL NO. 736 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 8, 2020 A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-354 of the Code of Virginia, relating to community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs.
C. The court shall establish a program and may provide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work (i) before or after imprisonment or (ii) in accordance with the provisions of § 19.2-316.4, 53.1-60, or 53.1-131 during imprisonment. The program shall specify the rate at which credits are earned and provide for the manner of applying earned credits against the fine or costs. The court assessing the fine or costs against a person shall inform such person of the availability of earning credit toward discharge of the fine or costs through the performance of community service work under this program and provide such person with written notice of terms and conditions of this program. The court shall have such other authority as is reasonably necessary for or incidental to carrying out this program.