Extension of Restitution Deadlines

Currently, the law gives a trial court judge 91 days from the day a conviction enters in a criminal case to order restitution, which is the monetary loss a victim suffers due to a defendant's criminal conduct. The bill extends the amount of time that a trial court judge has to rule on restitution requests in criminal cases from 91 days total to 91 days after the prosecuting attorney submits restitution material, or 182 days following the entry of conviction, whichever is earlier grants the prosecuting attorney 63 days to submit restitution information to the trial court judge following a conviction if the information is not available on the day a conviction enters, and then grants the trial court judge an additional 63 days following the submission of restitution information to order restitution after it receives the information from the district attorney.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)