00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 286                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to victim restitution and compensation."                                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 12.55.045(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (a)  The court shall, when presented with credible evidence, unless the victim                                          
05 or other person expressly declines restitution, order a defendant convicted of an                                       
06 offense to make restitution as provided in this section, including restitution to the                                   
07 victim or other person injured by the offense, to a public, private, or private nonprofit                               
08 organization that has provided or is or will be providing counseling, medical, or                                       
09 shelter services to the victim or other person injured by the offense, or as otherwise                                  
10 authorized by law. Restitution to a victim or other person injured by the offense                                   
11 includes compensation for the value of lost income, necessary child care, elder                                     
12 care, transportation, and other expenses incurred during the victim's or other                                      
13 person's participation in the investigation or prosecution of the offense or                                        
14 attendance at court proceedings related to the offense. The court shall, when                                       
15 presented with credible evidence, unless the victim expressly declines restitution, also                                

01 order a defendant convicted of an offense to compensate a victim that is a nonprofit                                    
02 organization for the value of labor or goods provided by volunteers if the labor or                                     
03 goods were necessary to alleviate or mitigate the effects of the defendant's crime. In                                  
04 determining the amount and method of payment of restitution or compensation, the                                        
05       court shall take into account the                                                                                 
06 (1)  public policy that favors requiring criminals to compensate for                                                    
07       damages and injury [, INCLUDING LOSS OF INCOME,] to their victims; and                                            
08 (2)  financial burden placed on the victim and those who provide                                                        
09 services to the victim and other persons injured by the offense as a result of the                                      
10       criminal conduct of the defendant.                                                                                
11    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       APPLICABILITY. AS 12.55.045(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to an                                   
14 order of restitution for an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.