§ 8-703. Authority of court

   Except as otherwise provided, a court may order a juvenile who is charged with the commission of a delinquent act or a criminal defendant who has not been convicted of a crime of violence to perform community service and assign the juvenile or defendant to a particular work project:

   (1) instead of payment of any fines and court costs imposed; or

   (2) as a condition of:

      (i) probation, whether granted under § 6-220 or § 6-225 of the Criminal Procedure Article or otherwise;

      (ii) a suspended sentence;

      (iii) a case being placed on a stet docket; or

      (iv) a juvenile being subject to a diversionary program.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 726A(b); 1999, ch. 54, § 2; 2001, ch. 35.