Montana Code 53-9-133. Effect of award on probation and parole of offender
53-9-133. (Temporary) Effect of award on probation and parole of offender. (1) When placing any convicted person on probation, the court may set as a condition of probation the payment to the state of an amount equal to any benefits paid by the office to a victim or a victim’s dependents. The court may set a repayment schedule and modify it as circumstances change.
Terms Used In Montana Code 53-9-133
- Office: means the office of victims services established in 2-15-2016. See Montana Code 53-9-103
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Victim: means :
(a)a person who suffers bodily injury or death as a result of:
(i)criminally injurious conduct;
(ii)the person's good faith effort to prevent criminally injurious conduct; or
(iii)the person's good faith effort to apprehend a person reasonably suspected of engaging in criminally injurious conduct; or
(b)a minor child present in a home where domestic violence occurred. See Montana Code 53-9-103
(2)Payment of the debt may be made a condition of parole subject to modification based on a change in circumstances.
(3)Funds received by the crime victims compensation and assistance program must be deposited in the account established in 53-9-113. (Terminates June 30, 2027–secs. 1, 2, 3, Ch. 139, L. 2021.)