New Jersey § 39:4-203

§ 39:4-203.

Any defendant convicted of a traffic offense pursuant to Title 39 of the Revised Statutes

or a parking offense, shall, upon a satisfactory showing of a condition of indigency

or participation in a government-based income maintenance program, be permitted by

the court to pay the fine in installments. The court shall set the amount and frequency of each installment . In addition, the court may waive an unpaid portion, up to $200, of any court-imposed

time-payment order, as a result of a conviction for a motor vehicle traffic violation

or a parking offense, except for a violation of R.S.39:4-50 or section 2 of P.L.1981, c. 512 ( C.39:4-50.4a ), for a defendant who is indigent or is participating in a government-based income

maintenance program and who has demonstrated an inability to comply with the time-payment

order, and in lieu of the remaining unpaid amount, require the defendant to perform

community service for a period of time to be determined by the court, or participate

in any program authorized by law, or satisfy any other aspect of a sentence imposed. For the purposes of this section, the guideline for the court to determine indigency

is an income up to 250 percent of the poverty level, as defined in section 4 of P.L.2005, c. 156 ( C.30:4J-11 ).