Introduced
by
To prohibit a court from ordering a person convicted of certain criminal offences to reimburse the state or a local government for its expenses if the defendant would be unable pay the reimbursement during the sentence term. A court would be required to take into account the defendant's financial resources, with due regard to his or her other obligations. A defendant could petition to have such reimbursements waived if they would present a manifest hardship on the defendant or his or her immediate family.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
