Agency: Governor's Office

Line Item: CCJJ Factual Innocence Payments

Function

As established in the Judicial Code, payments shall be made to petitioners who have been found to be factually innocent. The petitioner is entitled to receive for each year or portion of a year they were incarcerated, up to a maximum of 15 years, the monetary equivalent of the average annual nonagricultural payroll wage in Utah, as determined by the date most recently published by the Department of Workforce Services at the time of the petitioner's release from prison.

Funding Detail

The $51,700 General Fund appropriation in FY 2013 is the second part of a $124,800, September 2011 court-ordered payment, in a factual innocence case. This appropriation is directed to be paid in quarterly installments to the recipient until paid in full. The $18,800 nonlapsing amount in FY 2014 is the outstanding amount from this case and is scheduled to be paid on time. The remaining $73,000 is explained further in the Crime Victim Reparations line item.