As used in this chapter:
(1)
- (a) "Restitution" means any form of compensation paid by a convicted person to a victim for counseling, medical expenses, lost wages due to injury, or property damage and other expenses suffered by a victim because of a criminal act; "Reimbursement" means payment of expenses associated with incarceration, including but not limited to medical expenses, food, and lodging; "Sinking fund" means the fund created and used by local governments to provide maintenance of jail facilities and capital construction; improvement of law enforcement, jail, and judicial facilities; and other long-term expenditures associated with those areas; and "Local government" means any county, urban-county, or charter county government.
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
- (2) Definitions in KRS 441.005 apply to this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 177, effective July 15, 1998.