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H.B. 157

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:03 AM by jeyring. -->              1     

VICTIM RESTITUTION

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Stephen D. Clark

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Senate Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill requires the court to order that victims owed restitution be paid within 60 days
             10      of receipt of payments by the court or department.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    clarifies when a victim is to be paid restitution.
             14      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             15          None
             16      Other Special Clauses:
             17          None
             18      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             19      AMENDS:
             20          77-38a-404, as last amended by Chapters 278 and 280, Laws of Utah 2003
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             22      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             23          Section 1. Section 77-38a-404 is amended to read:
             24           77-38a-404. Priority.
             25          (1) Restitution payments made pursuant to a court order shall be disbursed to victims
             26      within 60 days of receipt H. from the defendant .H by the court or department H. :
             26a          (a) provided the victim has complied with Subsection 77-38a-203(1)(b); and
             26b          (b) if the defendant has tendered a negotiable instrument, funds from the financial
             26c      institution are actually received .H .
             27          [(1)] (2) If restitution to more than one person, agency, or entity is set at the same time,


             28      the department shall establish the following priorities of payment, except as provided in
             29      Subsection [(3)] (4):
             30          (a) the crime victim;
             31          (b) the Office of Crime Victim Reparations;
             32          (c) any other government agency which has provided reimbursement to the victim as a
             33      result of the offender's criminal conduct;
             34          (d) the person, entity, or governmental agency that has offered and paid a reward under
             35      Section 76-3-201.1 or 78-3a-118 ;
             36          (e) any insurance company which has provided reimbursement to the victim as a result
             37      of the offender's criminal conduct; and
             38          (f) any county correctional facility to which the court has ordered the defendant to pay
             39      restitution under Subsection 76-3-201 (6).
             40          [(2)] (3) Restitution ordered under Subsection [(1)] (2)(f) is paid after criminal fines
             41      and surcharges are paid.
             42          [(3)] (4) If the offender is required under Section 53-10-404 to reimburse the
             43      department for the cost of obtaining the offender's DNA specimen, this reimbursement is the
             44      next priority after restitution to the crime victim under Subsection [(1)] (2)(a).
             45          [(4)] (5) All money collected for court-ordered obligations from offenders by the
             46      department will be applied:
             47          (a) first, to victim restitution, except the H. current and past due amount of .H
             47a      $30 per month required to be collected by the
             48      department under Section 64-13-21 , if applicable; and
             49          (b) second, if applicable, to the cost of obtaining a DNA specimen under Subsection
             50      [(3)] (4).
             51          (6) Restitution owed to more than one victim shall be disbursed to each victim
             52      according to the percentage of each victim's share of the total restitution order.




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