Oklahoma § 19-339.7 - Community service program assessment

§ 19-339.7. Community service program assessment

A. As used in this section, “community service program” means a

structured program for offenders sentenced to community service to

work in or on any government property and designed to save public

funds or improve the community that has been approved by a majority

vote of the board of county commissioners of the county.

B. In any county in this state that has a community service

program the county commissioners may, pursuant to a majority vote of

the board of county commissioners of the county, impose a community

service program assessment as provided for pursuant to the

provisions of this section.

C. In every county in which a community service program

assessment has been imposed pursuant to subsection B of this

section, in addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties or

fines imposed pursuant to law by the district court, any person

convicted of, pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, or agreeing to

a deferred judgment procedure under the provisions set forth in the

Oklahoma Statutes for any felony or misdemeanor shall be ordered to

pay a community service program assessment of at least Twenty-five

Dollars ($25.00), but not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars

($250.00), for each felony or misdemeanor for which the person is

ordered to complete community service in the community service

program of the county.

D. In every county in which a community service program

assessment has been imposed pursuant to subsection B of this

section, in addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties or

fines imposed pursuant to law by the district court, a community

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service program assessment of at least Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00),

but not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), shall be

levied by the court against the child at the time the child is

adjudicated by the court as a delinquent child or agrees to a

deferred adjudication, provided the delinquent child is ordered to

complete community service in the community service program of the

county.

E. In every county in which a community service program

assessment has been imposed pursuant to subsection B of this

section, in addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties or

fines imposed pursuant to law, in any municipal court of record in

which the defendant is ordered by the court to pay municipal court

costs and to complete community service in the community service

program of the county, the court shall levy and collect a community

service program assessment of at least Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00),

but not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). The

municipal court clerk collecting said assessment is authorized to

deduct ten percent (10%) of the amount collected for administrative

costs.

F. All monies collected pursuant to subsections C, D and E of

this section shall be forwarded monthly by the applicable court

clerk to the community service program assessment revolving fund of

the appropriate county created pursuant to subsection G of this

section.

G. There are hereby created community service program

assessment revolving funds in each county in which the county has

levied an assessment pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of

this section. Each such revolving fund shall be designated for use

within the county to operate and administer a community service

program and shall consist of all monies generated by such

assessment. Monies in such funds shall only be expended for the

purposes specifically designated as required by this section. A

community service program assessment revolving fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations.

Added by Laws 2012, c. 179, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012.