H.B. 157

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VICTIM RESTITUTION
2 2007 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Stephen D. Clark
5 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 by the court or department.
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 $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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