1. (1) The department shall maintain a victim's restitution fund to hold in trust all restitution payments made by or on behalf of offenders. The department shall maintain a special revenue account to hold administrative fees to pay for the cost to administer the restitution program.

2. (2) For each felony offender subject to a restitution judgment, the department shall maintain the following:

   1. (a) a list of each cause number of each case for which a judge ordered the offender to pay restitution, and the amount the judge ordered the offender to pay in each case; and
   2. (b) each payment the offender has paid and how the department applied it to the offender's outstanding restitution obligation.

3. (3) The department shall generate and submit quarterly reports to:

   1. (a) the offender's supervising officer if the offender is under supervision of the adult probation and parole bureau; and
   2. (b) the crime victim compensation program of the department of justice.
4. (4) The department shall give the department of revenue a copy of the restitution order to allow diversion of state and federal tax refunds to the department to meet the restitution obligation.
5. (5) The department shall notify the district court of record and the department of revenue when an offender has fully satisfied a court-ordered restitution obligation.

Authorizing statute(s): 46-18-241, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 46-18-241, 46-18-244, MCA

History: NEW, 2003 MAR p. 2432, Eff. 10/31/03.