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 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.