§ 21-858. Parent or guardian whose child commits crime of possession of firearm on school property - Administrative penalty.  


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  • Any custodial parent or guardian of a child under eighteen (18) years of age whose child commits the crime of possession of a firearm on school property may be fined not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or ordered to perform community service not exceeding forty (40) hours or both such fine and community service.  To satisfy any community service requirement, the court may give preference to work which benefits the school said child attends.  Said penalty shall be an administrative penalty and shall not be recorded on the custodial parent's or guardian's criminal record.  The fine shall be payable to the court clerk to be deposited in the court fund.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit the filing or prosecution of any criminal charge.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 286, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992.