431.590 Repayment by convicted defendant of all or part of reward paid by

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organization.

(1)In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, after a defendant has been

convicted of an offense, excluding offenses committed under KRS Chapters 186

and 189, the judge shall order a defendant to repay all or part of a reward paid by a

crime stoppers organization.

(2)In determining the amount the defendant shall repay to a crime stoppers

organization under subsection

(1)of this section, the court shall consider the

importance of the information to the prosecution of the defendant as provided by the

arresting officer or the prosecuting attorney with due regard for the confidentiality

of the crime stoppers organization records.

(3)In this section, "crime stoppers organization" means an organization as defined by

KRS 431.570.