Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; underpaid work.

Community service work in lieu of payment offines and costs; underpaid work. Provides that in the program established by a court to provide an option to any person upon whoma fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of thefine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work, underpaid work, as such term is defined in the bill,is added as an option for earning such credits before, during, orafter such person is incarcerated in a state or local correctionalfacility, provided that such underpaid work is authorized by thecourt. The bill makes offering such option for community servicework or underpaid work mandatory. The bill provides that a personwho is performing underpaid work shall be credited at the same rateas the community service work rate less any wages received for theunderpaid work. Under current law, a court is required to establisha program for providing an option for community service work in lieuof payment of fines and costs but offering such option was not mandatory.