Authority of court

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    Except as otherwise provided, a court may order a juvenile who is charged with the commission of a delinquent act or a criminal defendant who has not been convicted of a crime of violence to perform community service and assign the juvenile or defendant to a particular work project:

        (1)    instead of payment of any fines and court costs imposed; or

        (2)    as a condition of:

            (i)    probation, whether granted under § 6-220 or § 6-225 of the Criminal Procedure Article or otherwise;

            (ii)    a suspended sentence;

            (iii)    a case being placed on a stet docket; or

            (iv)    a juvenile being subject to a diversionary program.


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