Tennessee Code 55-50-507 – Community service in lieu of payment of fines and costs
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-50-507
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
- Violation: means a conviction except as otherwise provided in §. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
By a majority vote of the applicable local legislative body, any county or city may, by resolution or ordinance, establish a program that allows any person who is indigent and who has been convicted of driving while the person’s license is cancelled, suspended, or revoked in violation of § 55-50-504(a) to complete community service work in lieu of paying the fines and other costs imposed for the conviction. The community service program shall be administered and monitored by the appropriate entity that administers court-ordered community service within the applicable jurisdiction.