H.B. 226

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BENEFITS WHILE A PRISONER
2 2013 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Brad R. Wilson
5 Senate Sponsor: Todd Weiler
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the Utah Code regarding persons who are ineligible to receive an
10 award of reparations.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . prohibits a person from receiving an award of reparations for injuries sustained as a
14 result of criminally injurious conduct while that person is incarcerated.
15 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16 None
17 Other Special Clauses:
18 None
19 Utah Code Sections Affected:
20 AMENDS:
21 63M-7-510, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 193
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23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 63M-7-510 is amended to read:
25 63M-7-510. Ineligible persons -- Fraudulent claims -- Penalties.
26 (1) The following individuals are not eligible to receive an award of reparations:
27 (a) persons who do not meet all of the provisions set forth in Section 63M-7-509 ;

28 (b) the offender;
29 (c) an accomplice of the offender;
30 (d) any person whose receipt of an award would unjustly benefit the offender,
31 accomplice, or other person reasonably suspected of participating in the offense;
32 (e) the victim of a motor vehicle injury who was the owner or operator of the motor
33 vehicle and was not at the time of the injury in compliance with the state motor vehicle
34 insurance laws;
35 (f) any convicted offender serving a sentence of imprisonment in any prison or jail or
36 residing in any other correctional facility;
37 (g) all persons who are on probation or parole if the circumstances surrounding the
38 offense of which they are victims constitute a violation of their parole or probation; and
39 (h) any person whose injuries are the result of criminally injurious conduct [which] that
40 occurred in a prison, jail, or any other correctional facility while the person was [serving a
41 sentence of imprisonment] incarcerated.
42 (2) A person who knowingly submits a fraudulent claim for reparations or who
43 knowingly misrepresents material facts in making a claim, and who receives an award based on
44 that claim, is guilty of an offense, based on the following award amounts:
45 (a) for value under $500, a class B misdemeanor;
46 (b) for value equal to or greater than $500, but less than $1,500, a class A
47 misdemeanor;
48 (c) for value equal to or greater than $1,500, but less than $5,000, a third degree felony;
49 and
50 (d) for value equal to or greater than $5,000, a second degree felony.
51 (3) A person who submits a claim described in Subsection (2) but receives no award
52 based on that claim is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
53 (4) The state attorney general may prosecute violations under this section or may make
54 arrangements with county attorneys for the prosecution of violations under this section when
55 the attorney general cannot conveniently prosecute.
56 (5) The state may also bring a civil action against a claimant who receives reparation
57 payments that are later found to be unjustified and who does not return to the Crime Victim
58 Reparations Fund the unjustified amount.

Legislative Review Note
as of 2-4-13 12:33 PM

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