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Relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When someone pays a fine for a crime committed in a county, a portion of that money will now go into a special fund for victims. This money is used to help victims pay for certain financial losses caused by the crime, such as counseling or other expenses not covered by insurance. The money in this fund stays in the fund and does not go back to the state's general budget at the end of the year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the disposition of collected criminal case fines. Current law provides that the clerk of the district court shall distribute the fine amount for a criminal violation that occurred within the boundaries of a county as follows: percent to the state court administrator and percent to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund where the violation occurred.96. The bill provides that a victim restitution fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury. 1(6), which concerns restitution for “pecuniary damages”. “Pecuniary damages” means all damages to the extent not paid by an insurer on an insurance claim by a victim, which a victim could recover against the offender in a civil action arising out of the same facts or event, except punitive damages and damages for pain, suffering, mental anguish, and loss of consortium, and includes damages for wrongful death and expenses incurred for psychiatric or psychological services or counseling or other counseling for the victim which became necessary as a direct result of the criminal activity.33, any balance in the fund on June of any fiscal year does not revert to the general fund of the state.
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