Title 15, Chapter 10, Section 60
( 15-10-60)
(a) This article governs trials of violations of county ordinances
and ordinances of state authorities, which violations may be
punished by incarceration or monetary penalty. Nothing in this
chapter shall grant to any county or state authority more authority
to enact or enforce such ordinances than the county or state
authority has independently of this chapter. The punishment imposed
for any ordinance violation shall not exceed a fine of $1,000.00 or
60 days' imprisonment or both, except as otherwise provided by
general law, and shall not exceed the maximum punishment specified
by the ordinance. (b) The trial court may suspend the service of the sentence imposed
in the case upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe for
the payment of the fine, for performance of community service in
lieu of a fine or incarceration, for the payment of restitution to a
victim, or other condition relating to the underlying offense.
Service of the sentence, when so suspended, shall not begin unless
and until ordered by the court having jurisdiction thereof, after a
hearing as in cases of revocation of probated sentences, because of
the failure or refusal of the defendant to comply with the terms and
conditions upon which service of a sentence was suspended. Service
of all or any part of any sentence suspended upon such conditions
may be ordered to commence by the trial court any time before the
expiration of one year from the date of the sentence after a hearing
and a finding by the court that the defendant has failed or refused
to comply with the terms and conditions upon which service of the
sentence was suspended. |