LC 3439 Legislature · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to restitution

This bill revises Montana laws related to restitution, primarily affecting courts, probation officers, and offenders who have been ordered to pay restitution to victims. It removes an offender's financial resources from consideration when sentencing restitution amounts, ensures that information about a victim's pecuniary loss or property loss can be shared with a probation officer outside of a court order, and modifies when a court may grant a petition to revise restitution orders. The legislation aims to clarify legislative intent from 2003 by ensuring restitution amounts are determined based on victim losses rather than an offender's ability to pay, and it updates related statutes to reflect these changes.
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Dec 2024
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Introduced Dec 14, 2024 Last action Feb 18, 2025
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