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Bill Title: As enacted, allows criminal court or district attorney to convert a defendant's unpaid fines, costs, and litigation taxes at time of sentence expiration to civil judgment; requires the administrative office of the courts to study the feasibility of implementing a system whereby indigent criminal defendants may satisfy outstanding court costs, fines and litigation taxes by performing community service work. - Amends TCA Title 40.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-07 - Pub. Ch. 570 [HB1379 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2009-HB1379-Draft.pdf

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