Bill Text: MI SB0146 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Crime victims; restitution; recovery for replacement value if fair market value is impossible or impractical to ascertain; allow. Amends secs. 2, 16, 31, 44, 61 & 76 of 1985 PA 87 (MCL 780.752 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0145'09

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-26 - Assigned Pa 0028'09 With Immediate Effect [SB0146 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0146-Engrossed.html

SB-0146, As Passed House, April 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 146

 

 

January 29, 2009, Introduced by Senators CROPSEY, BARCIA, GARCIA, ANDERSON, KAHN, BIRKHOLZ, HARDIMAN, ALLEN, KUIPERS, GLEASON and BROWN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1985 PA 87, entitled

 

"William Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act,"

 

by amending sections 2, 16, 31, 44, 61, and 76 (MCL 780.752,

 

780.766, 780.781, 780.794, 780.811, and 780.826), sections 2, 16,

 

44, and 76 as amended by 2005 PA 184 and sections 31 and 61 as

 

amended by 2006 PA 461.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise defined in this article, as

 

used in this article:

 

     (a) "County juvenile agency" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the county juvenile agency act, 1998 PA 518, MCL

 

45.622.

 

     (b) "Crime" means a violation of a penal law of this state for

 

which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by


 

imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly

 

designated by law as a felony.

 

     (c) "Crime victim services commission" means that term as

 

described in section 2 of 1976 PA 223, MCL 18.352.

 

     (d) (c) "Defendant" means a person charged with, convicted of,

 

or found not guilty by reason of insanity of committing a crime

 

against a victim.

 

     (e) (d) "Facility", as used in sections 6, 13a, 19a, and 20

 

only, and not with reference to a juvenile facility, means that

 

term as defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA

 

258, MCL 330.1100b.

 

     (f) (e) "Final disposition" means the ultimate termination of

 

the criminal prosecution of a defendant including, but not limited

 

to, dismissal, acquittal, or imposition of sentence by the court.

 

     (g) (f) "Juvenile" means a person within the jurisdiction of

 

the circuit court under section 606 of the revised judicature act

 

of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.606.

 

     (h) (g) "Juvenile facility" means a county facility,

 

institution operated as an agency of the county or the family

 

division of circuit court, or an institution or agency described in

 

the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to

 

803.309, to which a juvenile has been committed or in which a

 

juvenile is detained.

 

     (i) (h) "Hospital" means that term as defined in section 100b

 

of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100b.

 

     (j) (i) "Person" means an individual, organization,

 

partnership, corporation, or governmental entity.


 

     (k) (j) "Prisoner" means a person who has been convicted and

 

sentenced to imprisonment or placement in a juvenile facility for

 

having committed a crime or an act that would be a crime if

 

committed by an adult against a victim.

 

     (l) (k) "Prosecuting attorney" means the prosecuting attorney

 

for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the

 

attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant

 

attorney general, or a special prosecuting attorney.

 

     (m) (l) "Victim" means any of the following:

 

     (i) An individual who suffers direct or threatened physical,

 

financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of a

 

crime, except as provided in subparagraph (ii), (iii), or (iv).

 

     (ii) The following individuals other than the defendant if the

 

victim is deceased:

 

     (A) The spouse of the deceased victim.

 

     (B) A child of the deceased victim if the child is 18 years of

 

age or older and sub-subparagraph (A) does not apply.

 

     (C) A parent of a deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs (A) and

 

(B) do not apply.

 

     (D) The guardian or custodian of a child of a deceased victim

 

if the child is less than 18 years of age and sub-subparagraphs (A)

 

to (C) do not apply.

 

     (E) A sibling of the deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs (A)

 

to (D) do not apply.

 

     (F) A grandparent of the deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs

 

(A) to (E) do not apply.

 

     (iii) A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is less


 

than 18 years of age and who is neither the defendant nor

 

incarcerated, if the parent, guardian, or custodian so chooses.

 

     (iv) A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is

 

mentally or emotionally unable to participate in the legal process

 

if he or she is neither the defendant nor incarcerated.

 

     (2) If a victim as defined in subsection (1)(l)(i)(1)(m)(i) is

 

physically or emotionally unable to exercise the privileges and

 

rights under this article, the victim may designate his or her

 

spouse, child 18 years of age or older, parent, sibling,

 

grandparent, or any other person 18 years of age or older who is

 

neither the defendant nor incarcerated to act in his or her place

 

while the physical or emotional disability continues. The victim

 

shall provide the prosecuting attorney with the name of the person

 

who is to act in his or her place. During the physical or emotional

 

disability, notices to be provided under this article to the victim

 

shall continue to be sent only to the victim.

 

     (3) An individual who is charged with a crime arising out of

 

the same transaction from which the charge against the defendant

 

arose is not eligible to exercise the privileges and rights

 

established for victims under this article.

 

     (4) An individual who is incarcerated is not eligible to

 

exercise the privileges and rights established for victims under

 

this article except that he or she may submit a written statement

 

to the court for consideration at sentencing.

 

     Sec. 16. (1) As used in this section only, "victim" means an

 

individual who suffers direct or threatened physical, financial, or

 

emotional harm as a result of the commission of a crime. As used in


 

subsections (2), (3), (6), (8), (9), and (13) only, victim includes

 

a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association,

 

governmental entity, or any other legal entity that suffers direct

 

physical or financial harm as a result of a crime.

 

     (2) Except as provided in subsection (8), when sentencing a

 

defendant convicted of a crime, the court shall order, in addition

 

to or in lieu of any other penalty authorized by law or in addition

 

to any other penalty required by law, that the defendant make full

 

restitution to any victim of the defendant's course of conduct that

 

gives rise to the conviction or to the victim's estate. For an

 

offense that is resolved by assignment of the defendant to youthful

 

trainee status, by a delayed sentence or deferred judgment of

 

guilt, or in another way that is not an acquittal or unconditional

 

dismissal, the court shall order the restitution required under

 

this section.

 

     (3) If a crime results in damage to or loss or destruction of

 

property of a victim of the crime or results in the seizure or

 

impoundment of property of a victim of the crime, the order of

 

restitution shall require that the defendant do 1 or more of the

 

following, as applicable:

 

     (a) Return the property to the owner of the property or to a

 

person designated by the owner.

 

     (b) If return of the property under subdivision (a) is

 

impossible, impractical, or inadequate, pay an amount equal to the

 

greater of subparagraph (i) or (ii), less the value, determined as of

 

the date the property is returned, of that property or any part of

 

the property that is returned:


 

     (i) The fair market value of the property on the date of the

 

damage, loss, or destruction. However, if the fair market value of

 

the property cannot be determined or is impractical to ascertain,

 

then the replacement value of the property shall be utilized in

 

lieu of the fair market value.

 

     (ii) The fair market value of the property on the date of

 

sentencing. However, if the fair market value of the property

 

cannot be determined or is impractical to ascertain, then the

 

replacement value of the property shall be utilized in lieu of the

 

fair market value.

 

     (c) Pay the costs of the seizure or impoundment, or both.

 

     (4) If a crime results in physical or psychological injury to

 

a victim, the order of restitution shall require that the defendant

 

do 1 or more of the following, as applicable:

 

     (a) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

medical and related professional services and devices actually

 

incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred relating to

 

physical and psychological care.

 

     (b) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation actually

 

incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred.

 

     (c) Reimburse the victim or the victim's estate for after-tax

 

income loss suffered by the victim as a result of the crime.

 

     (d) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

psychological and medical treatment for members of the victim's

 

family actually incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred as

 

a result of the crime.


 

     (e) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined costs of

 

homemaking and child care expenses actually incurred and reasonably

 

expected to be incurred as a result of the crime or, if homemaking

 

or child care is provided without compensation by a relative,

 

friend, or any other person, an amount equal to the costs that

 

would reasonably be incurred as a result of the crime for that

 

homemaking and child care, based on the rates in the area for

 

comparable services.

 

     (f) Pay an amount equal to the cost of actual funeral and

 

related services.

 

     (g) If the deceased victim could be claimed as a dependent by

 

his or her parent or guardian on the parent's or guardian's

 

federal, state, or local income tax returns, pay an amount equal to

 

the loss of the tax deduction or tax credit. The amount of

 

reimbursement shall be estimated for each year the victim could

 

reasonably be claimed as a dependent.

 

     (h) Pay an amount equal to income actually lost by the spouse,

 

parent, sibling, child, or grandparent of the victim because the

 

family member left his or her employment, temporarily or

 

permanently, to care for the victim because of the injury.

 

     (5) If a crime resulting in bodily injury also results in the

 

death of a victim or serious impairment of a body function of a

 

victim, the court may order up to 3 times the amount of restitution

 

otherwise allowed under this section. As used in this subsection,

 

"serious impairment of a body function of a victim" includes, but

 

is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Loss of a limb or use of a limb.


 

     (b) Loss of a hand or foot or use of a hand or foot.

 

     (c) Loss of an eye or use of an eye or ear.

 

     (d) Loss or substantial impairment of a bodily function.

 

     (e) Serious visible disfigurement.

 

     (f) A comatose state that lasts for more than 3 days.

 

     (g) Measurable brain damage or mental impairment.

 

     (h) A skull fracture or other serious bone fracture.

 

     (i) Subdural hemorrhage or subdural hematoma.

 

     (j) Loss of a body organ.

 

     (6) If the victim or victim's estate consents, the order of

 

restitution may require that the defendant make restitution in

 

services in lieu of money.

 

     (7) If the victim is deceased, the court shall order that the

 

restitution be made to the victim's estate.

 

     (8) The court shall order restitution to the crime victim

 

services commission or to any individuals, partnerships,

 

corporations, associations, governmental entities, or other legal

 

entities that have compensated the victim or the victim's estate

 

for a loss incurred by the victim to the extent of the compensation

 

paid for that loss. The court shall also order restitution for the

 

costs of services provided to persons or entities that have

 

provided services to the victim as a result of the crime. Services

 

that are subject to restitution under this subsection include, but

 

are not limited to, shelter, food, clothing, and transportation.

 

However, an order of restitution shall require that all restitution

 

to a victim or victim's estate under the order be made before any

 

restitution to any other person or entity under that order is made.


 

The court shall not order restitution to be paid to a victim or

 

victim's estate if the victim or victim's estate has received or is

 

to receive compensation for that loss, and the court shall state on

 

the record with specificity the reasons for its action.

 

     (9) Any amount paid to a victim or victim's estate under an

 

order of restitution shall be set off against any amount later

 

recovered as compensatory damages by the victim or the victim's

 

estate in any federal or state civil proceeding and shall reduce

 

the amount payable to a victim or a victim's estate by an award

 

from the crime victim services commission made after an order of

 

restitution under this section.

 

     (10) If not otherwise provided by the court under this

 

subsection, restitution shall be made immediately. However, the

 

court may require that the defendant make restitution under this

 

section within a specified period or in specified installments.

 

     (11) If the defendant is placed on probation or paroled or the

 

court imposes a conditional sentence as provided in section 3 of

 

chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.3, any restitution ordered under this section shall be a

 

condition of that probation, parole, or sentence. The court may

 

revoke probation or impose imprisonment under the conditional

 

sentence and the parole board may revoke parole if the defendant

 

fails to comply with the order and if the defendant has not made a

 

good faith effort to comply with the order. In determining whether

 

to revoke probation or parole or impose imprisonment, the court or

 

parole board shall consider the defendant's employment status,

 

earning ability, and financial resources, the willfulness of the


 

defendant's failure to pay, and any other special circumstances

 

that may have a bearing on the defendant's ability to pay.

 

     (12) Subject to subsection (18), a defendant who is required

 

to pay restitution and who is not in willful default of the payment

 

of the restitution may at any time petition the sentencing judge or

 

his or her successor to modify the method of payment. If the court

 

determines that payment under the order will impose a manifest

 

hardship on the defendant or his or her immediate family, and if

 

the court also determines that modifying the method of payment will

 

not impose a manifest hardship on the victim, the court may modify

 

the method of payment.

 

     (13) An order of restitution entered under this section

 

remains effective until it is satisfied in full. An order of

 

restitution is a judgment and lien against all property of the

 

defendant for the amount specified in the order of restitution. The

 

lien may be recorded as provided by law. An order of restitution

 

may be enforced by the prosecuting attorney, a victim, a victim's

 

estate, or any other person or entity named in the order to receive

 

the restitution in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action

 

or a lien.

 

     (14) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a

 

defendant shall not be imprisoned, jailed, or incarcerated for a

 

violation of probation or parole or otherwise for failure to pay

 

restitution as ordered under this section unless the court or

 

parole board determines that the defendant has the resources to pay

 

the ordered restitution and has not made a good faith effort to do

 

so.


 

     (15) If the court determines that a juvenile is or will be

 

unable to pay all of the restitution ordered, after notice to the

 

juvenile's parent or parents and an opportunity for the parent or

 

parents to be heard the court may order the parent or parents

 

having supervisory responsibility for the juvenile at the time of

 

the acts upon which an order of restitution is based to pay any

 

portion of the restitution ordered that is outstanding. An order

 

under this subsection does not relieve the juvenile of his or her

 

obligation to pay restitution as ordered, but the amount owed by

 

the juvenile shall be offset by any amount paid by his or her

 

parent. As used in this subsection:

 

     (a) "Juvenile" means a person within the court's jurisdiction

 

under section 2d or 4 of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939,

 

1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2d and 712A.4.

 

     (b) "Parent" does not include a foster parent.

 

     (16) If the court orders a parent to pay restitution under

 

subsection (15), the court shall take into account the parent's

 

financial resources and the burden that the payment of restitution

 

will impose, with due regard to any other moral or legal financial

 

obligations the parent may have. If a parent is required to pay

 

restitution under subsection (15), the court shall provide for

 

payment to be made in specified installments and within a specified

 

period of time.

 

     (17) A parent who has been ordered to pay restitution under

 

subsection (15) may petition the court for a modification of the

 

amount of restitution owed by the parent or for a cancellation of

 

any unpaid portion of the parent's obligation. The court shall


 

cancel all or part of the parent's obligation due if the court

 

determines that payment of the amount due will impose a manifest

 

hardship on the parent and if the court also determines that

 

modifying the method of payment will not impose a manifest hardship

 

on the victim.

 

     (18) In each case in which payment of restitution is ordered

 

as a condition of probation, the court shall order any employed

 

defendant to make regularly scheduled restitution payments. If the

 

defendant misses 2 or more regularly scheduled payments, the court

 

shall order the defendant to execute a wage assignment to pay the

 

restitution. The probation officer assigned to the case shall

 

review the case not less than twice yearly to ensure that

 

restitution is being paid as ordered. If the restitution was

 

ordered to be made within a specific period of time, the probation

 

officer assigned to the case shall review the case at the end of

 

the specific period of time to determine if the restitution has

 

been paid in full. The final review shall be conducted not less

 

than 60 days before the probationary period expires. If the

 

probation officer determines at any review that restitution is not

 

being paid as ordered, the probation officer shall file a written

 

report of the violation with the court on a form prescribed by the

 

state court administrative office or shall petition the court for a

 

probation violation. The report or petition shall include a

 

statement of the amount of the arrearage and any reasons for the

 

arrearage known by the probation officer. The probation officer

 

shall immediately provide a copy of the report or petition to the

 

prosecuting attorney. If a petition or motion is filed or other


 

proceedings are initiated to enforce payment of restitution and the

 

court determines that restitution is not being paid or has not been

 

paid as ordered by the court, the court shall promptly take action

 

necessary to compel compliance.

 

     (19) If a defendant who is ordered to pay restitution under

 

this section is remanded to the jurisdiction of the department of

 

corrections, the court shall provide a copy of the order of

 

restitution to the department of corrections when the defendant is

 

remanded to the department's jurisdiction.

 

     (20) The court shall not impose a fee on a victim, victim's

 

estate, or prosecuting attorney for enforcing an order of

 

restitution.

 

     (21) If a person or entity entitled to restitution under this

 

section cannot be located, refuses to claim the restitution within

 

2 years after the date on which he or she could have claimed the

 

restitution, or refuses to accept the restitution, the restitution

 

to which that person or entity is entitled shall be deposited in

 

the crime victim's rights fund created under section 4 of 1989 PA

 

196, MCL 780.904, or its successor fund. However, a person or

 

entity entitled to that restitution may claim that restitution any

 

time by applying to the court that originally ordered and collected

 

it. The court shall notify the crime victim services commission of

 

the application and the commission shall approve a reduction in the

 

court's revenue transmittal to the crime victim's rights fund equal

 

to the restitution owed to the person or entity. The court shall

 

use the reduction to reimburse that restitution to the person or

 

entity.


 

     (22) The court may amend an order of restitution entered under

 

this section on a motion by the prosecuting attorney, the victim,

 

or the defendant based upon new information related to the injury,

 

damages, or loss for which the restitution was ordered.

 

     (23) A court that receives notice that a defendant who has an

 

obligation to pay restitution under this section has declared

 

bankruptcy shall forward a copy of that notice to the prosecuting

 

attorney. The prosecuting attorney shall forward the notice to the

 

victim at the victim's last known address.

 

     (24) If the victim is a minor, the order of restitution shall

 

require the defendant to pay to a parent of the victim an amount

 

that is determined to be reasonable for any of the following that

 

are actually incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the

 

parent as a result of the crime:

 

     (a) Homemaking and child care expenses.

 

     (b) Income loss not ordered to be paid under subsection

 

(4)(h).

 

     (c) Mileage.

 

     (d) Lodging or housing.

 

     (e) Meals.

 

     (f) Any other cost incurred in exercising the rights of the

 

victim or a parent under this act.

 

     Sec. 31. (1) Except as otherwise defined in this article, as

 

used in this article:

 

     (a) "County juvenile agency" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the county juvenile agency act, 1998 PA 518, MCL

 

45.622.


 

     (b) "Court" means the family division of circuit court.

 

     (c) "Crime victim services commission" means that term as

 

described in section 2 of 1976 PA 223, MCL 18.352.

 

     (d) (c) "Designated case" means a case designated as a case in

 

which the juvenile is to be tried in the same manner as an adult

 

under section 2d of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939

 

PA 288, MCL 712A.2d.

 

     (e) (d) "Juvenile" means an individual alleged or found to be

 

within the court's jurisdiction under section 2(a)(1) of chapter

 

XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, for an

 

offense, including, but not limited to, an individual in a

 

designated case.

 

     (f) (e) "Juvenile facility" means a county facility, an

 

institution operated as an agency of the county or the court, or an

 

institution or agency described in the youth rehabilitation

 

services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309, to which a

 

juvenile has been committed or in which a juvenile is detained.

 

     (g) (f) "Offense" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (i) A violation of a penal law of this state for which a

 

juvenile offender, if convicted as an adult, may be punished by

 

imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly

 

designated by law as a felony.

 

     (ii) A violation of section 81 (assault and battery, including

 

domestic violence), 81a (assault; infliction of serious injury,

 

including aggravated domestic violence), 115 (breaking and entering

 

or illegal entry), 136b(6) (child abuse in the fourth degree), 145

 

(contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a minor), 145d


 

(using the internet or a computer to make a prohibited

 

communication), 233 (intentionally aiming a firearm without

 

malice), 234 (discharge of a firearm intentionally aimed at a

 

person), 235 (discharge of an intentionally aimed firearm resulting

 

in injury), 335a (indecent exposure), or 411h (stalking) of the

 

Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81, 750.81a, 750.115,

 

750.136b, 750.145, 750.145d, 750.233, 750.234, 750.235, 750.335a,

 

and 750.411h.

 

     (iii) A violation of section 601b(2) (injuring a worker in a

 

work zone) or 617a (leaving the scene of a personal injury

 

accident) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.601b

 

and 257.617a, or a violation of section 625 (operating a vehicle

 

while under the influence of or impaired by intoxicating liquor or

 

a controlled substance, or with unlawful blood alcohol content) of

 

that act, MCL 257.625, if the violation involves an accident

 

resulting in damage to another individual's property or physical

 

injury or death to another individual.

 

     (iv) Selling or furnishing alcoholic liquor to an individual

 

less than 21 years of age in violation of section 33 of the former

 

1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, or section 701 of the Michigan liquor control

 

code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1701, if the violation results in

 

physical injury or death to any individual.

 

     (v) A violation of section 80176(1) or (3) (operating a vessel

 

while under the influence of or impaired by intoxicating liquor or

 

a controlled substance, or with unlawful blood alcohol content) of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.80176, if the violation involves an accident resulting


 

in damage to another individual's property or physical injury or

 

death to any individual.

 

     (vi) A violation of a local ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to a law enumerated in subparagraphs (i) to (v).

 

     (vii) A violation described in subparagraphs (i) to (vi) that is

 

subsequently reduced to a violation not included in subparagraphs

 

(i) to (vi).

 

     (h) (g) "Person" means an individual, organization,

 

partnership, corporation, or governmental entity.

 

     (i) (h) "Prosecuting attorney" means the prosecuting attorney

 

for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the

 

attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant

 

attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection

 

with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the

 

political subdivision that enacted the ordinance upon which the

 

violation is based.

 

     (j) (i) "Victim" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A person who suffers direct or threatened physical,

 

financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of an

 

offense, except as provided in subparagraph (ii), (iii), or (iv).

 

     (ii) The following individuals other than the juvenile if the

 

victim is deceased:

 

     (A) The spouse of the deceased victim.

 

     (B) A child of the deceased victim if the child is 18 years of

 

age or older and sub-subparagraph (A) does not apply.

 

     (C) A parent of a deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs (A) and

 

(B) do not apply.


 

     (D) The guardian or custodian of a child of a deceased victim

 

if the child is less than 18 years of age and sub-subparagraphs (A)

 

to (C) do not apply.

 

     (E) A sibling of the deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs (A)

 

to (D) do not apply.

 

     (F) A grandparent of the deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs

 

(A) to (E) do not apply.

 

     (iii) A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is less

 

than 18 years of age and who is neither the defendant nor

 

incarcerated, if the parent, guardian, or custodian so chooses.

 

     (iv) A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is

 

mentally or emotionally unable to participate in the legal process

 

if he or she is neither the defendant nor incarcerated.

 

     (2) If a victim as defined in subsection (1)(i)(i)(1)(j)(i) is

 

physically or emotionally unable to exercise the privileges and

 

rights under this article, the victim may designate his or her

 

spouse, child 18 years of age or older, parent, sibling,

 

grandparent, or any other person 18 years of age or older who is

 

neither the defendant nor incarcerated to act in his or her place

 

while the physical or emotional disability continues. The victim

 

shall provide the prosecuting attorney with the name of the person

 

who is to act in his or her place. During the physical or emotional

 

disability, notices to be provided under this article to the victim

 

shall continue to be sent only to the victim.

 

     (3) An individual who is charged with an offense arising out

 

of the same transaction from which the charge against the defendant

 

arose is not eligible to exercise the privileges and rights


 

established for victims under this article.

 

     Sec. 44. (1) As used in this section only:

 

     (a) "Offense" means a violation of a penal law of this state

 

or a violation of an ordinance of a local unit of government of

 

this state punishable by imprisonment or by a fine that is not a

 

civil fine.

 

     (b) "Victim" means an individual who suffers direct or

 

threatened physical, financial, or emotional harm as a result of

 

the commission of an offense. As used in subsections (2), (3), (6),

 

(8), (9), and (13) only, victim includes a sole proprietorship,

 

partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or any

 

other legal entity that suffers direct physical or financial harm

 

as a result of an offense.

 

     (2) Except as provided in subsection (8), at the dispositional

 

hearing or sentencing for an offense, the court shall order, in

 

addition to or in lieu of any other disposition or penalty

 

authorized by law, that the juvenile make full restitution to any

 

victim of the juvenile's course of conduct that gives rise to the

 

disposition or conviction or to the victim's estate. For an offense

 

that is resolved informally by means of a consent calendar

 

diversion or by another informal method that does not result in a

 

dispositional hearing, by assignment to youthful trainee status, by

 

a delayed sentence or deferred judgment of guilt, or in another way

 

that is not an acquittal or unconditional dismissal, the court

 

shall order the restitution required under this section.

 

     (3) If an offense results in damage to or loss or destruction

 

of property of a victim of the offense or results in the seizure or


 

impoundment of property of a victim of the offense, the order of

 

restitution shall require that the juvenile do 1 or more of the

 

following, as applicable:

 

     (a) Return the property to the owner of the property or to a

 

person designated by the owner.

 

     (b) If return of the property under subdivision (a) is

 

impossible, impractical, or inadequate, pay an amount equal to the

 

greater of subparagraph (i) or (ii), less the value, determined as of

 

the date the property is returned, of that property or any part of

 

the property that is returned:

 

     (i) The fair market value of the property on the date of the

 

damage, loss, or destruction. However, if the fair market value of

 

the property cannot be determined or is impractical to ascertain,

 

then the replacement value of the property shall be utilized in

 

lieu of the fair market value.

 

     (ii) The fair market value of the property on the date of

 

disposition. However, if the fair market value of the property

 

cannot be determined or is impractical to ascertain, then the

 

replacement value of the property shall be utilized in lieu of the

 

fair market value.

 

     (c) Pay the costs of the seizure or impoundment, or both.

 

     (4) If an offense results in physical or psychological injury

 

to a victim, the order of restitution shall require that the

 

juvenile do 1 or more of the following, as applicable:

 

     (a) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

medical and related professional services and devices actually

 

incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred relating to


 

physical and psychological care.

 

     (b) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation actually

 

incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred.

 

     (c) Reimburse the victim or the victim's estate for after-tax

 

income loss suffered by the victim as a result of the offense.

 

     (d) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

psychological and medical treatment for members of the victim's

 

family actually incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred as a

 

result of the offense.

 

     (e) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined costs of

 

homemaking and child care expenses actually incurred or reasonably

 

expected to be incurred as a result of the offense or, if

 

homemaking or child care is provided without compensation by a

 

relative, friend, or any other person, an amount equal to the costs

 

that would reasonably be incurred as a result of the offense for

 

that homemaking and child care, based on the rates in the area for

 

comparable services.

 

     (f) Pay an amount equal to the cost of actual funeral and

 

related services.

 

     (g) If the deceased victim could be claimed as a dependent by

 

his or her parent or guardian on the parent's or guardian's

 

federal, state, or local income tax returns, pay an amount equal to

 

the loss of the tax deduction or tax credit. The amount of

 

reimbursement shall be estimated for each year the victim could

 

reasonably be claimed as a dependent.

 

     (h) Pay an amount equal to income actually lost by the spouse,


 

parent, sibling, child, or grandparent of the victim because the

 

family member left his or her employment, temporarily or

 

permanently, to care for the victim because of the injury.

 

     (5) If an offense resulting in bodily injury also results in

 

the death of a victim or serious impairment of a body function of a

 

victim, the court may order up to 3 times the amount of restitution

 

otherwise allowed under this section. As used in this subsection,

 

"serious impairment of a body function of a victim" includes, but

 

is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Loss of a limb or use of a limb.

 

     (b) Loss of a hand or foot or use of a hand or foot.

 

     (c) Loss of an eye or use of an eye or ear.

 

     (d) Loss or substantial impairment of a bodily function.

 

     (e) Serious visible disfigurement.

 

     (f) A comatose state that lasts for more than 3 days.

 

     (g) Measurable brain damage or mental impairment.

 

     (h) A skull fracture or other serious bone fracture.

 

     (i) Subdural hemorrhage or subdural hematoma.

 

     (j) Loss of a body organ.

 

     (6) If the victim or victim's estate consents, the order of

 

restitution may require that the juvenile make restitution in

 

services in lieu of money.

 

     (7) If the victim is deceased, the court shall order that the

 

restitution be made to the victim's estate.

 

     (8) The court shall order restitution to the crime victim

 

services commission or to any individuals, partnerships,

 

corporations, associations, governmental entities, or other legal


 

entities that have compensated the victim or the victim's estate

 

for a loss incurred by the victim to the extent of the compensation

 

paid for that loss. The court shall also order restitution for the

 

costs of services provided to persons or entities that have

 

provided services to the victim as a result of the offense.

 

Services that are subject to restitution under this subsection

 

include, but are not limited to, shelter, food, clothing, and

 

transportation. However, an order of restitution shall require that

 

all restitution to a victim or victim's estate under the order be

 

made before any restitution to any other person or entity under

 

that order is made. The court shall not order restitution to be

 

paid to a victim or victim's estate if the victim or victim's

 

estate has received or is to receive compensation for that loss,

 

and the court shall state on the record with specificity the

 

reasons for its action.

 

     (9) Any amount paid to a victim or victim's estate under an

 

order of restitution shall be set off against any amount later

 

recovered as compensatory damages by the victim or the victim's

 

estate in any federal or state civil proceeding and shall reduce

 

the amount payable to a victim or a victim's estate by an award

 

from the crime victim services commission made after an order of

 

restitution under this section.

 

     (10) If not otherwise provided by the court under this

 

subsection, restitution shall be made immediately. However, the

 

court may require that the juvenile make restitution under this

 

section within a specified period or in specified installments.

 

     (11) If the juvenile is placed on probation, any restitution


 

ordered under this section shall be a condition of that probation.

 

The court may revoke probation if the juvenile fails to comply with

 

the order and if the juvenile has not made a good faith effort to

 

comply with the order. In determining whether to revoke probation,

 

the court shall consider the juvenile's employment status, earning

 

ability, and financial resources, the willfulness of the juvenile's

 

failure to pay, and any other special circumstances that may have a

 

bearing on the juvenile's ability to pay.

 

     (12) Subject to subsection (18), a juvenile who is required to

 

pay restitution and who is not in willful default of the payment of

 

the restitution may at any time petition the court to modify the

 

method of payment. If the court determines that payment under the

 

order will impose a manifest hardship on the juvenile or his or her

 

immediate family, and if the court also determines that modifying

 

the method of payment will not impose a manifest hardship on the

 

victim, the court may modify the method of payment.

 

     (13) An order of restitution entered under this section

 

remains effective until it is satisfied in full. An order of

 

restitution is a judgment and lien against all property of the

 

individual ordered to pay restitution for the amount specified in

 

the order of restitution. The lien may be recorded as provided by

 

law. An order of restitution may be enforced by the prosecuting

 

attorney, a victim, a victim's estate, or any other person or

 

entity named in the order to receive the restitution in the same

 

manner as a judgment in a civil action or a lien.

 

     (14) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a

 

juvenile shall not be detained or imprisoned for a violation of


 

probation or parole or otherwise for failure to pay restitution as

 

ordered under this section unless the court determines that the

 

juvenile has the resources to pay the ordered restitution and has

 

not made a good faith effort to do so.

 

     (15) If the court determines that the juvenile is or will be

 

unable to pay all of the restitution ordered, after notice to the

 

juvenile's parent or parents and an opportunity for the parent or

 

parents to be heard, the court may order the parent or parents

 

having supervisory responsibility for the juvenile at the time of

 

the acts upon which an order of restitution is based to pay any

 

portion of the restitution ordered that is outstanding. An order

 

under this subsection does not relieve the juvenile of his or her

 

obligation to pay restitution as ordered, but the amount owed by

 

the juvenile shall be offset by any amount paid by his or her

 

parent. As used in this subsection, "parent" does not include a

 

foster parent.

 

     (16) If the court orders a parent to pay restitution under

 

subsection (15), the court shall take into account the parent's

 

financial resources and the burden that the payment of restitution

 

will impose, with due regard to any other moral or legal financial

 

obligations the parent may have. If a parent is required to pay

 

restitution under subsection (15), the court shall provide for

 

payment to be made in specified installments and within a specified

 

period of time.

 

     (17) A parent who has been ordered to pay restitution under

 

subsection (15) may petition the court for a modification of the

 

amount of restitution owed by the parent or for a cancellation of


 

any unpaid portion of the parent's obligation. The court shall

 

cancel all or part of the parent's obligation due if the court

 

determines that payment of the amount due will impose a manifest

 

hardship on the parent and if the court also determines that

 

modifying the method of payment will not impose a manifest hardship

 

on the victim.

 

     (18) In each case in which payment of restitution is ordered

 

as a condition of probation, the court shall order any employed

 

juvenile to make regularly scheduled restitution payments. If the

 

juvenile misses 2 or more regularly scheduled payments, the court

 

shall order the juvenile to execute a wage assignment to pay the

 

restitution. The juvenile caseworker or probation officer assigned

 

to the case shall review the case not less than twice yearly to

 

ensure that restitution is being paid as ordered. If the

 

restitution was ordered to be made within a specific period of

 

time, the juvenile caseworker or probation officer assigned to the

 

case shall review the case at the end of the specific period of

 

time to determine if the restitution has been paid in full. The

 

final review shall be conducted not less than 60 days before the

 

probationary period expires. If the juvenile caseworker or

 

probation officer determines at any review the restitution is not

 

being paid as ordered, the juvenile caseworker or probation officer

 

shall file a written report of the violation with the court on a

 

form prescribed by the state court administrative office or shall

 

petition the court for a probation violation. The report or

 

petition shall include a statement of the amount of the arrearage,

 

and any reasons for the arrearage known by the juvenile caseworker


 

or probation officer. The juvenile caseworker or probation officer

 

shall immediately provide a copy of the report or petition to the

 

prosecuting attorney. If a petition or motion is filed or other

 

proceedings are initiated to enforce payment of restitution and the

 

court determines that restitution is not being paid or has not been

 

paid as ordered by the court, the court shall promptly take action

 

necessary to compel compliance.

 

     (19) If the court determines that an individual who is ordered

 

to pay restitution under this section is remanded to the

 

jurisdiction of the department of corrections, the court shall

 

provide a copy of the order of restitution to the department of

 

corrections when the court determines that the individual is

 

remanded to the department's jurisdiction.

 

     (20) The court shall not impose a fee on a victim, victim's

 

estate, or prosecuting attorney for enforcing an order of

 

restitution.

 

     (21) If a person or entity entitled to restitution under this

 

section cannot be located, refuses to claim the restitution within

 

2 years after the date on which he or she could have claimed the

 

restitution, or refuses to accept the restitution, the restitution

 

to which that person or entity is entitled shall be deposited in

 

the crime victim's rights fund created under section 4 of 1989 PA

 

196, MCL 780.904, or its successor fund. However, a person or

 

entity entitled to that restitution may claim that restitution any

 

time by applying to the court that originally ordered and collected

 

it. The court shall notify the crime victim services commission of

 

the application and the commission shall approve a reduction in the


 

court's revenue transmittal to the crime victim's rights fund equal

 

to the restitution owed to the person or entity. The court shall

 

use the reduction to reimburse that restitution to the person or

 

entity.

 

     (22) The court may amend an order of restitution entered under

 

this section on a motion by the prosecuting attorney, the victim,

 

or the defendant based upon new information related to the injury,

 

damages, or loss for which the restitution was ordered.

 

     (23) A court that receives notice that a defendant who has an

 

obligation to pay restitution under this section has declared

 

bankruptcy shall forward a copy of that notice to the prosecuting

 

attorney. The prosecuting attorney shall forward the notice to the

 

victim at the victim's last known address.

 

     (24) If the victim is a minor, the order of restitution shall

 

require the defendant to pay to a parent of the victim an amount

 

that is determined to be reasonable for any of the following that

 

are actually incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the

 

parent as a result of the crime:

 

     (a) Homemaking and child care expenses.

 

     (b) Income loss not ordered to be paid under subsection

 

(4)(h).

 

     (c) Mileage.

 

     (d) Lodging or housing.

 

     (e) Meals.

 

     (f) Any other cost incurred in exercising the rights of the

 

victim or a parent under this act.

 

     Sec. 61. (1) Except as otherwise defined in this article, as


 

used in this article:

 

     (a) "Serious misdemeanor" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (i) A violation of section 81 of the Michigan penal code, 1931

 

PA 328, MCL 750.81, assault and battery, including domestic

 

violence.

 

     (ii) A violation of section 81a of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81a, assault; infliction of serious injury,

 

including aggravated domestic violence.

 

     (iii) A violation of section 115 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.115, breaking and entering or illegal entry.

 

     (iv) A violation of section 136b(6) of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.136b, child abuse in the fourth degree.

 

     (v) A violation of section 145 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145, contributing to the neglect or

 

delinquency of a minor.

 

     (vi) A misdemeanor violation of section 145d of the Michigan

 

penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145d, using the internet or a

 

computer to make a prohibited communication.

 

     (vii) A violation of section 233 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 238, MCL 750.233, intentionally aiming a firearm without

 

malice.

 

     (viii) A violation of section 234 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.234, discharge of a firearm intentionally

 

aimed at a person.

 

     (ix) A violation of section 235 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.235, discharge of an intentionally aimed

 

firearm resulting in injury.


 

     (x) A violation of section 335a of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.335a, indecent exposure.

 

     (xi) A violation of section 411h of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411h, stalking.

 

     (xii) A violation of section 601b(2) of the Michigan vehicle

 

code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.601b, injuring a worker in a work zone.

 

     (xiii) A violation of section 617a of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.617a, leaving the scene of a personal injury

 

accident.

 

     (xiv) A violation of section 625 of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625, operating a vehicle while under the

 

influence of or impaired by intoxicating liquor or a controlled

 

substance, or with an unlawful blood alcohol content, if the

 

violation involves an accident resulting in damage to another

 

individual's property or physical injury or death to another

 

individual.

 

     (xv) Selling or furnishing alcoholic liquor to an individual

 

less than 21 years of age in violation of section 701 of the

 

Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1701, if

 

the violation results in physical injury or death to any

 

individual.

 

     (xvi) A violation of section 80176(1) or (3) of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.80176, operating a vessel while under the influence of or

 

impaired by intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or with

 

an unlawful blood alcohol content, if the violation involves an

 

accident resulting in damage to another individual's property or


 

physical injury or death to any individual.

 

     (xvii) A violation of a local ordinance substantially

 

corresponding to a violation enumerated in subparagraphs (i) to

 

(xvi).

 

     (xviii) A violation charged as a crime or serious misdemeanor

 

enumerated in subparagraphs (i) to (xvii) but subsequently reduced to

 

or pleaded to as a misdemeanor. As used in this subparagraph,

 

"crime" means that term as defined in section 2.

 

     (b) "Crime victim services commission" means that term as

 

described in section 2 of 1976 PA 223, MCL 18.352.

 

     (c) (b) "Defendant" means a person charged with or convicted

 

of having committed a serious misdemeanor against a victim.

 

     (d) (c) "Final disposition" means the ultimate termination of

 

the criminal prosecution of a defendant including, but not limited

 

to, dismissal, acquittal, or imposition of a sentence by the court.

 

     (e) (d) "Person" means an individual, organization,

 

partnership, corporation, or governmental entity.

 

     (f) (e) "Prisoner" means a person who has been convicted and

 

sentenced to imprisonment for having committed a serious

 

misdemeanor against a victim.

 

     (g) (f) "Prosecuting attorney" means the prosecuting attorney

 

for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the

 

attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant

 

attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection

 

with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the

 

political subdivision that enacted the ordinance upon which the

 

violation is based.


 

     (h) (g) "Victim" means any of the following:

 

     (i) An individual who suffers direct or threatened physical,

 

financial, or emotional harm as a result of the commission of a

 

serious misdemeanor, except as provided in subparagraph (ii), (iii),

 

or (iv).

 

     (ii) The following individuals other than the defendant if the

 

victim is deceased:

 

     (A) The spouse of the deceased victim.

 

     (B) A child of the deceased victim if the child is 18 years of

 

age or older and sub-subparagraph (A) does not apply.

 

     (C) A parent of a deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs (A) and

 

(B) do not apply.

 

     (D) The guardian or custodian of a child of a deceased victim

 

if the child is less than 18 years of age and sub-subparagraphs (A)

 

to (C) do not apply.

 

     (E) A sibling of the deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs (A)

 

to (D) do not apply.

 

     (F) A grandparent of the deceased victim if sub-subparagraphs

 

(A) to (E) do not apply.

 

     (iii) A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is less

 

than 18 years of age and who is neither the defendant nor

 

incarcerated, if the parent, guardian, or custodian so chooses.

 

     (iv) A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is so

 

mentally incapacitated that he or she cannot meaningfully

 

understand or participate in the legal process if he or she is not

 

the defendant and is not incarcerated.

 

     (2) If a victim as defined in subsection (1)(g)(i)(1)(h)(i) is


 

physically or emotionally unable to exercise the privileges and

 

rights under this article, the victim may designate his or her

 

spouse, child 18 years of age or older, parent, sibling, or

 

grandparent or any other person 18 years of age or older who is

 

neither the defendant nor incarcerated to act in his or her place

 

while the physical or emotional disability continues. The victim

 

shall provide the prosecuting attorney with the name of the person

 

who is to act in place of the victim. During the physical or

 

emotional disability, notices to be provided under this article to

 

the victim shall continue to be sent only to the victim.

 

     (3) An individual who is charged with a serious misdemeanor, a

 

crime as defined in section 2, or an offense as defined in section

 

31 arising out of the same transaction from which the charge

 

against the defendant arose is not eligible to exercise the

 

privileges and rights established for victims under this article.

 

     (4) An individual who is incarcerated is not eligible to

 

exercise the privileges and rights established for victims under

 

this article except that he or she may submit a written statement

 

to the court for consideration at sentencing.

 

     Sec. 76. (1) As used in this section only:

 

     (a) "Misdemeanor" means a violation of a law of this state or

 

a local ordinance that is punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 1 year or a fine that is not a civil fine, but that is not a

 

felony.

 

     (b) "Victim" means an individual who suffers direct or

 

threatened physical, financial, or emotional harm as a result of

 

the commission of a misdemeanor. As used in subsections (2), (3),


 

(6), (8), (9), and (13) only, victim includes a sole

 

proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, governmental

 

entity, or any other legal entity that suffers direct physical or

 

financial harm as a result of a misdemeanor.

 

     (2) Except as provided in subsection (8), when sentencing a

 

defendant convicted of a misdemeanor, the court shall order, in

 

addition to or in lieu of any other penalty authorized by law or in

 

addition to any other penalty required by law, that the defendant

 

make full restitution to any victim of the defendant's course of

 

conduct that gives rise to the conviction or to the victim's

 

estate. For an offense that is resolved by assignment of the

 

defendant to youthful trainee status, by a delayed sentence or

 

deferred judgment of guilt, or in another way that is not an

 

acquittal or unconditional dismissal, the court shall order the

 

restitution required under this section.

 

     (3) If a misdemeanor results in damage to or loss or

 

destruction of property of a victim of the misdemeanor or results

 

in the seizure or impoundment of property of a victim of the

 

misdemeanor, the order of restitution shall require that the

 

defendant do 1 or more of the following, as applicable:

 

     (a) Return the property to the owner of the property or to a

 

person designated by the owner.

 

     (b) If return of the property under subdivision (a) is

 

impossible, impractical, or inadequate, pay an amount equal to the

 

greater of subparagraph (i) or (ii), less the value, determined as of

 

the date the property is returned, of that property or any part of

 

the property that is returned:


 

     (i) The fair market value of the property on the date of the

 

damage, loss, or destruction. However, if the fair market value of

 

the property cannot be determined or is impractical to ascertain,

 

then the replacement value of the property shall be utilized in

 

lieu of the fair market value.

 

     (ii) The fair market value of the property on the date of

 

sentencing. However, if the fair market value of the property

 

cannot be determined or is impractical to ascertain, then the

 

replacement value of the property shall be utilized in lieu of the

 

fair market value.

 

     (c) Pay the costs of the seizure or impoundment, or both.

 

     (4) If a misdemeanor results in physical or psychological

 

injury to a victim, the order of restitution shall require that the

 

defendant do 1 or more of the following, as applicable:

 

     (a) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

medical and related professional services and devices actually

 

incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred relating to

 

physical and psychological care.

 

     (b) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation actually

 

incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred.

 

     (c) Reimburse the victim or the victim's estate for after-tax

 

income loss suffered by the victim as a result of the misdemeanor.

 

     (d) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined cost of

 

psychological and medical treatment for members of the victim's

 

family actually incurred and reasonably expected to be incurred as

 

a result of the misdemeanor.


 

     (e) Pay an amount equal to the reasonably determined costs of

 

homemaking and child care expenses actually incurred and reasonably

 

expected to be incurred as a result of the misdemeanor or, if

 

homemaking or child care is provided without compensation by a

 

relative, friend, or any other person, an amount equal to the costs

 

that would reasonably be incurred as a result of the misdemeanor

 

for that homemaking and child care, based on the rates in the area

 

for comparable services.

 

     (f) Pay an amount equal to the cost of actual funeral and

 

related services.

 

     (g) If the deceased victim could be claimed as a dependent by

 

his or her parent or guardian on the parent's or guardian's

 

federal, state, or local income tax returns, pay an amount equal to

 

the loss of the tax deduction or tax credit. The amount of

 

reimbursement shall be estimated for each year the victim could

 

reasonably be claimed as a dependent.

 

     (h) Pay an amount equal to income actually lost by the spouse,

 

parent, sibling, child, or grandparent of the victim because the

 

family member left his or her employment, temporarily or

 

permanently, to care for the victim because of the injury.

 

     (5) If a crime resulting in bodily injury also results in the

 

death of a victim or serious impairment of a body function of a

 

victim, the court may order up to 3 times the amount of restitution

 

otherwise allowed under this section. As used in this subsection,

 

"serious impairment of a body function of a victim" includes, but

 

is not limited to, 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Loss of a limb or use of a limb.


 

     (b) Loss of a hand or foot or use of a hand or foot.

 

     (c) Loss of an eye or use of an eye or ear.

 

     (d) Loss or substantial impairment of a bodily function.

 

     (e) Serious visible disfigurement.

 

     (f) A comatose state that lasts for more than 3 days.

 

     (g) Measurable brain damage or mental impairment.

 

     (h) A skull fracture or other serious bone fracture.

 

     (i) Subdural hemorrhage or subdural hematoma.

 

     (j) Loss of a body organ.

 

     (6) If the victim or victim's estate consents, the order of

 

restitution may require that the defendant make restitution in

 

services in lieu of money.

 

     (7) If the victim is deceased, the court shall order that the

 

restitution be made to the victim's estate.

 

     (8) The court shall order restitution to the crime victim

 

services commission or to any individuals, partnerships,

 

corporations, associations, governmental entities, or other legal

 

entities that have compensated the victim or the victim's estate

 

for a loss incurred by the victim to the extent of the compensation

 

paid for that loss. The court shall also order restitution for the

 

costs of services provided to persons or entities that have

 

provided services to the victim as a result of the misdemeanor.

 

Services that are subject to restitution under this subsection

 

include, but are not limited to, shelter, food, clothing, and

 

transportation. However, an order of restitution shall require that

 

all restitution to a victim or victim's estate under the order be

 

made before any restitution to any other person or entity under


 

that order is made. The court shall not order restitution to be

 

paid to a victim or victim's estate if the victim or victim's

 

estate has received or is to receive compensation for that loss,

 

and the court shall state on the record with specificity the

 

reasons for its action.

 

     (9) Any amount paid to a victim or victim's estate under an

 

order of restitution shall be set off against any amount later

 

recovered as compensatory damages by the victim or the victim's

 

estate in any federal or state civil proceeding and shall reduce

 

the amount payable to a victim or a victim's estate by an award

 

from the crime victim services commission made after an order of

 

restitution under this section.

 

     (10) If not otherwise provided by the court under this

 

subsection, restitution shall be made immediately. However, the

 

court may require that the defendant make restitution under this

 

section within a specified period or in specified installments.

 

     (11) If the defendant is placed on probation or the court

 

imposes a conditional sentence as provided in section 3 of chapter

 

IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.3, any

 

restitution ordered under this section shall be a condition of that

 

probation or sentence. The court may revoke probation or impose

 

imprisonment under the conditional sentence if the defendant fails

 

to comply with the order and if the defendant has not made a good

 

faith effort to comply with the order. In determining whether to

 

revoke probation or impose imprisonment, the court shall consider

 

the defendant's employment status, earning ability, and financial

 

resources, the willfulness of the defendant's failure to pay, and


 

any other special circumstances that may have a bearing on the

 

defendant's ability to pay.

 

     (12) Subject to subsection (15), a defendant who is required

 

to pay restitution and who is not in willful default of the payment

 

of the restitution may at any time petition the sentencing judge or

 

his or her successor to modify the method of payment. If the court

 

determines that payment under the order will impose a manifest

 

hardship on the defendant or his or her immediate family, and if

 

the court also determines that modifying the method of payment will

 

not impose a manifest hardship on the victim, the court may modify

 

the method of payment.

 

     (13) An order of restitution entered under this section

 

remains effective until it is satisfied in full. An order of

 

restitution is a judgment and lien against all property of the

 

defendant for the amount specified in the order of restitution. The

 

lien may be recorded as provided by law. An order of restitution

 

may be enforced by the prosecuting attorney, a victim, a victim's

 

estate, or any other person or entity named in the order to receive

 

restitution in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action or a

 

lien.

 

     (14) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a

 

defendant shall not be imprisoned, jailed, or incarcerated for a

 

violation of probation or otherwise for failure to pay restitution

 

as ordered under this section unless the court determines that the

 

defendant has the resources to pay the ordered restitution and has

 

not made a good faith effort to do so.

 

     (15) In each case in which payment of restitution is ordered


 

as a condition of probation, the court shall order any employed

 

defendant to make regularly scheduled restitution payments. If the

 

defendant misses 2 or more regularly scheduled payments, the court

 

shall order the defendant to execute a wage assignment to pay the

 

restitution. The probation officer assigned to the case shall

 

review the case not less than twice yearly to ensure that

 

restitution is being paid as ordered. If the restitution was

 

ordered to be made within a specific period of time, the probation

 

officer assigned to the case shall review the case at the end of

 

the specific period of time to determine if the restitution has

 

been paid in full. The final review shall be conducted not less

 

than 60 days before the probationary period expires. If the

 

probation officer determines at any review that restitution is not

 

being paid as ordered, the probation officer shall file a written

 

report of the violation with the court on a form prescribed by the

 

state court administrative office or shall petition the court for a

 

probation violation. The report or petition shall include a

 

statement of the amount of the arrearage and any reasons for the

 

arrearage known by the probation officer. The probation officer

 

shall immediately provide a copy of the report or petition to the

 

prosecuting attorney. If a petition or motion is filed or other

 

proceedings are initiated to enforce payment of restitution and the

 

court determines that restitution is not being paid or has not been

 

paid as ordered by the court, the court shall promptly take action

 

necessary to compel compliance.

 

     (16) If the court determines that a defendant who is ordered

 

to pay restitution under this section is remanded to the


 

jurisdiction of the department of corrections, the court shall

 

provide a copy of the order of restitution to the department of

 

corrections when the court determines that the defendant is

 

remanded to the department's jurisdiction.

 

     (17) The court shall not impose a fee on a victim, victim's

 

estate, or prosecuting attorney for enforcing an order of

 

restitution.

 

     (18) If a person or entity entitled to restitution under this

 

section cannot be located, refuses to claim the restitution within

 

2 years after the date on which he or she could have claimed the

 

restitution, or refuses to accept the restitution, the restitution

 

to which that person or entity is entitled shall be deposited in

 

the crime victim's rights fund created under section 4 of 1989 PA

 

196, MCL 780.904, or its successor fund. However, a person or

 

entity entitled to that restitution may claim that restitution any

 

time by applying to the court that originally ordered and collected

 

it. The court shall notify the crime victim services commission of

 

the application and the commission shall approve a reduction in the

 

court's revenue transmittal to the crime victim's rights fund equal

 

to the restitution owed to the person or entity. The court shall

 

use the reduction to reimburse that restitution to the person or

 

entity.

 

     (19) The court may amend an order of restitution entered under

 

this section on a motion by the prosecuting attorney, the victim,

 

or the defendant based upon new information related to the injury,

 

damages, or loss for which the restitution was ordered.

 

     (20) A court that receives notice that a defendant who has an


Senate Bill No. 146 as amended April 30, 2009

obligation to pay restitution under this section has declared

 

bankruptcy shall forward a copy of that notice to the prosecuting

 

attorney. The prosecuting attorney shall forward the notice to the

 

victim at the victim's last known address.

 

     (21) If the victim is a minor, the order of restitution shall

 

require the defendant pay to a parent of the victim an amount that

 

is determined to be reasonable for any of the following that are

 

actually incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the

 

parent as a result of the crime:

 

     (a) Homemaking and child care expenses.

 

     (b) Income loss not ordered to be paid under subsection

 

(4)(h).

 

     (c) Mileage.

 

     (d) Lodging or housing.

 

     (e) Meals.

 

     (f) Any other cost incurred in exercising the rights of the

 

victim or a parent under this act.

     [Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect July 1, 2009, and applies only to crimes committed on and after that date.]

     Enacting section [2.] This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 145                                    

 

            of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.

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