00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 23                                                                          
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, restitution 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, compensation for                       
10       the value of volunteer labor incurred to alleviate or mitigate the effects of the                             
11       defendant's crime, or as otherwise authorized by law.  In determining the amount and                          
12       method of payment of restitution or compensation, the court shall take into account                           
13       the                                                                                                               
14                 (1)  public policy that favors requiring criminals to compensate for                                    

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