Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that with the consent of the defendant, the court may order that a defendant who has been convicted of a criminal offense and ordered to pay a fine perform community service in lieu of the payment of the fine. Provides that the court shall in such cases waive any fines imposed upon the defendant and a defendant who performs such community service shall not be considered in default of the payment of the fine.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0248 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Charles Jefferson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edward Acevedo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Emily McAsey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Franks [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-063	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Bradley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith Farnham [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Luis Arroyo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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