1.20.030 County work program alternative to portion of fine or jail time.
A. Any person convicted of a crime in Skamania County, who has as part or all of their sentence been committed to the county jail and/or ordered to pay a fine, may as an alternative to the payment of a portion of the fine or the serving of all or a portion of the jail time, opt to participate in a county work program at the county dump site or sites; provided, that credit towards fines shall be given to such person only towards that portion of the fine that would otherwise go to the county general fund; that no portion of a fine otherwise allocated to other units of government shall be so credited.
B. Any such person shall be given credit for his or her participation in such a work program at the state's minimum hourly wage rate towards payment of a fine or any such person shall receive a full day's credit for each day worked on the county work program towards reduction of jail time.
C. This program shall be entirely voluntary on the part of its participants (Ord. 1987-13 §§ 1, 2, 3)