SENATE, No. 1016

By Mr. Morrissey, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1016) of Michael W. Morrissey for legislation relative to permitting judges to require probationers to pay the out-of-pocket costs of their probation. The Judiciary

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

In the Year Two Thousand and Five.

AN ACT PERMITTING JUDGES TO REQUIRE PROBATIONERS TO PAY THE OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS OF THEIR PROBATION

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.

                Section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph after the first paragraph thereof:-

The court may require a defendant who is financially able to do so to pay a vendor or other service provider, directly or through the court, for the actual costs of any program, service or function which the defendant has been required to attend, receive or undertake as a condition of probation or a term of probationary supervision, including but not limited to the costs of rehabilitative or assessment programs, urinalysis testing, or premiums for liability insurance coverage while performing community service work.