00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 23(JUD)                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to court-ordered restitution and compensation following a criminal                                     
02 conviction."                                                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 12.55.045(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  The court may order a defendant convicted of an offense to make                                         
06       restitution as provided in this section, including restitution to the victim or other                             
07       person injured by the offense, to a public, private, or private nonprofit organization                            
08       that has provided or is or will be providing counseling, medical, or shelter services to                          
09       the victim or other person injured by the offense, or as otherwise authorized by law.                             
10       The court may also order a defendant convicted of an offense to compensate a                                  
11       victim that is a nonprofit organization for the value of labor or goods provided by                           
12       volunteers if the labor or goods were necessary to alleviate or mitigate the effects                          
13       of the defendant's crime.  In determining the amount and method of payment of                                 
14       restitution or compensation, the court shall take into account the                                            

01                 (1)  public policy that favors requiring criminals to compensate for                                    
02       damages and injury to their victims; and                                                                          
03                 (2)  financial burden placed on the victim and those who provide                                        
04       services to the victim and other persons injured by the offense as a result of the                                
05       criminal conduct of the defendant.                                                                                
06    * Sec. 2.  AS 12.55.100(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
07            (a)  While on probation and among the conditions of probation, the defendant                                 
08       may be required                                                                                                   
09                 (1)  to pay a fine in one or several sums;                                                              
10                 (2)  to make restitution or reparation to aggrieved parties for actual                                  
11       damages or loss caused by the crime for which conviction was had, including                                   
12       compensation to a victim that is a nonprofit organization for the value of labor or                           
13       goods provided by volunteers if the labor or goods were necessary to alleviate or                             
14       mitigate the effects of the defendant's crime;                                                                
15                 (3)  to provide for the support of any persons for whose support the                                    
16       defendant is legally responsible;                                                                                 
17                 (4)  to perform community work in accordance with AS 12.55.055;                                         
18                 (5)  to participate in or comply with the treatment plan of an inpatient                                
19       or outpatient rehabilitation program specified by either the court or the defendant's                             
20       probation officer that is related to the defendant's offense or to the defendant's                                
21       rehabilitation; and                                                                                               
22                 (6)  to satisfy the screening, evaluation, referral, and program                                        
23       requirements of an agency authorized by the court to make referrals for rehabilitative                            
24       treatment or to provide rehabilitative treatment.