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S.B. 51

             1     

RESTITUTION FUND ACCOUNT

             2     
2009 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Daniel R. Liljenquist

             5     
House Sponsor: Paul Ray

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill authorizes certain prosecutors to deposit restitution monies into an interest
             10      bearing account pending distribution to crime victims.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that interest earned be distributed pro rata to each crime victim;
             14          .    requires any leftover monies to be transferred to the Office of Crime Victims
             15      Reparations; and
             16          .    does not prevent an independent judicial authority to collect, hold, or distribute
             17      restitution.
             18      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          77-38a-202, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 137
             25     
             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 77-38a-202 is amended to read:


             28           77-38a-202. Restitution determination -- Prosecution duties and responsibilities.
             29          (1) At the time of entry of a conviction or entry of any plea disposition of a felony or
             30      class A misdemeanor, the attorney general, county attorney, municipal attorney, or district
             31      attorney shall provide to the district court:
             32          (a) the names of all victims, including third parties, asserting claims for restitution;
             33          (b) the actual or estimated amount of restitution determined at that time; and
             34          (c) whether or not the defendant has agreed to pay the restitution specified as part of
             35      the plea disposition.
             36          (2) In computing actual or estimated restitution, the attorney general, county attorney,
             37      municipal attorney, or district attorney shall:
             38          (a) use the criteria set forth in Section 77-38a-302 for establishing restitution amounts;
             39      and
             40          (b) in cases involving multiple victims, incorporate into any conviction or plea
             41      disposition all claims for restitution arising out of the investigation for which the defendant is
             42      charged.
             43          (3) If charges are not to be prosecuted as part of a plea disposition, restitution claims
             44      from victims of those crimes shall also be provided to the court.
             45          (4) (a) The attorney general, county attorney, municipal attorney, or district attorney
             46      may deposit restitution collected on behalf of crime victims into an interest bearing account,
             47      pending distribution of the funds.
             48          (b) In the event restitution funds are deposited in an interest bearing account as
             49      provided under Subsection (4)(a), the attorney general, county attorney, municipal attorney, or
             50      district attorney shall:
             51          (i) distribute any interest that accrues in the account to each crime victim on a pro rata
             52      basis; and
             53          (ii) if all crime victims have been made whole and funds remain, distribute any
             54      remaining funds to the state Division of Finance for deposit to the Office of Crime Victims
             55      Reparations.
             56          (c) Any interest bearing accounts used under this section must be non-speculative, fully
             57      insured, simple interest bearing accounts.
             58          (d) This section does not prevent an independent judicial authority from collecting,


             59      holding, and distributing restitution.




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