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| To amend section 2947.23 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| authorize courts to impose periods of community | 2 |
| service upon offenders who fail to pay judgments | 3 |
| for court costs relating to the criminal action. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 2947.23 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 2947.23. (A) In all criminal cases, including | 7 |
| violations of ordinances, the judge or magistrate shall include in | 8 |
| the sentence the costs of prosecution and render a judgment | 9 |
| against the defendant for such costs. If a jury has been sworn at | 10 |
| the trial of a case, the fees of the jurors shall be included in | 11 |
| the costs, which shall be paid to the public treasury from which | 12 |
| the jurors were paid. | 13 |
| (B) If an offender fails to pay the judgment described in | 14 |
| division (A) of this section or fails to timely make payments | 15 |
| towards that judgment under a payment schedule approved by the | 16 |
| court, the court may order the offender to perform community | 17 |
| service in an amount of not more than forty hours per month until | 18 |
| the judgment is paid or until the court is satisfied that the | 19 |
| offender is in compliance with the approved payment schedule. | 20 |
| Ordering an offender to perform community service under this | 21 |
| division does not lessen the amount of the judgment and does not | 22 |
| preclude the state from taking any other action to execute the | 23 |
| judgment. | 24 |
| Section 2. That existing section 2947.23 of the Revised | 25 |
| Code is hereby repealed. | 26 |