[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Snow Hill 6-9-1981
as Ord. No. 112. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Penalties, fees, fines and other charges — See Ch. 131.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the
"Snow Hill Alternative Community Services Ordinance."
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to offenders
convicted of committing nonviolent crimes occurring within the corporate limits
of the Town of Snow Hill, Maryland.
Eligibility for entry into the program shall be limited to persons,
both adult and juvenile, charged with nonviolent criminal offenses, who have
no prior criminal convictions and who have been tried by a court of competent
jurisdiction on the pending nonviolent criminal offenses.
The program established by this chapter shall, whenever practicable,
include activities which will benefit the community and assist the victims
of the crime and others who may be damaged or inconvenienced by the criminal
activity.
The Administrator for the Town of Snow Hill shall have the authority
to determine the appropriate and acceptable alternative community services
program to be carried out by offenders sentenced pursuant to this chapter.
It shall be the responsibility and function of the Administrator to establish
a program for alternative community services and to utilize various town departments
for carrying out the intent of this chapter. The Administrator shall be responsible
for reporting to the appropriate court that each participant sentenced to
take part in the program has either completed the program satisfactorily or
has not completed the program satisfactorily.
The Administrator of the Town of Snow Hill shall have the authority
to determine the appropriate and acceptable alternative community service
programs as existing in other jurisdictions and to establish reciprocity agreements
with such jurisdictions if he deems such a practice appropriate.
