RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 53 (HB 286) 2017 Regular Session Smith
Existing law authorizes the committee on parole to order restitution to a crime victim when
the victim has suffered a direct pecuniary loss other than damage to or loss of property, and
requires the committee to order restitution when the victim's loss consists of damage to or
loss of property.
New law retains existing law and provides that when the victim cannot be located by the
probation and parole officer within one year after the condition of restitution is imposed, the
defendant shall direct the restitution payments to the Crime Victims Reparations Fund set
forth in existing law.
Existing law establishes the Crime Victims Reparations Fund and authorizes the Crime
Victims Reparations Board to administer the fund and make determinations about the
eligibility for victims to receive reparations from the fund and the amount of such
reparations.
New law retains existing law and provides for the procedure by which a victim who was
owed restitution as a condition of an offender's parole but whose restitution payments were
directed to the Crime Victims Reparations Fund pursuant to new law may recover the
restitution payments from the fund. New law provides that the fund can include monies
directed to it pursuant to new law and provides that the fund may be used to pay restitution
owed to a victim as a condition of an offender's parole and who applies for recovery of the
restitution funds pursuant to new law.
New law provides that the existing law provisions regarding criteria for and determinations
of eligibility for reparations and determinations of the amount of reparations do not apply to
the payment of restitution to a victim who applies for the recovery of restitution pursuant to
new law.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.4.2(C) and R.S. 46:1807(B)(1), (3), and (5) and 1816(B)(5) and (C)(1);
Adds R.S. 46:1806(F), 1809(D), and 1816(C)(3))