Relating to restitution owed by a person who is convicted of homicide by motor vehicle for unintentionally causing the death of a parent of a minor child

This bill requires a person who is convicted of unintentionally causing the death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, while driving in a reckless manner with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property (including driving while using a hand-held electronic communication device), while eluding or attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vehicle, while exceeding the speed limit by miles per hour or more, or while drag racing to pay additional restitution if the deceased victim was the parent of a minor child. 6A(1), (2), and (3), to pay $150,000 in restitution to the victim’s estate or heirs at law. Such restitution is paid to the clerk of court who then distributes all moneys received to the victims designated in the plan of restitution. The bill sets forth factors a court must use to determine the child maintenance restitution under the bill. Child maintenance restitution is owed from the date of the death of the victim to the date the victim’s child reaches the age of and graduates high school, or the class of which the child is a member when the child reached years of age has graduated high school. The child maintenance restitution may be reduced in an amount equal to an award obtained in a civil proceeding if the award is ordered for a similar purpose. If a person is ordered to pay child maintenance restitution under the bill and is incarcerated and unable to pay, the person is not required to pay the restitution or enter a payment plan for up to one year following the person’s release from incarceration.