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§5604
Title 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 6-A: CIVIL VIOLATION PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 621: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§5801

§5605. Community service work for a person who violates a municipal ordinance

1.  Community service work.  The court may order a person adjudicated as having violated a municipal ordinance to perform a specific number of hours of community service work for the benefit of the State, a county, a municipality, a school administrative district or other public entity, a charitable institution or other entity approved by the court if the municipality whose ordinance is violated has a community service work program that provides oversight of the community service order and ensures meaningful compliance with the community service requirements.  
[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]
2.  Failure to perform work.  An adjudicated person who is ordered to perform community service work pursuant to subsection 1 and who fails to complete the work within the time specified by the court must be returned to the court for further disposition.  
[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]
3.  Supervision.  Neither the judicial branch nor the Department of Corrections is responsible for supervision of community service work pursuant to this section.  
[PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2013, c. 114, §1 (NEW).
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