32A-2-31. Child adjudicated delinquent; victim restitution;

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compensation; deductions.

A. A delinquent child may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the victim of the child's delinquent act.

B. The department may provide compensation to a delinquent child engaged in a rehabilitative work program and shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations to provide deductions from that compensation for:

(1)victim restitution ordered by the court and for transmitting those deductions to the clerk of that court;

(2)the crime victims reparation fund and for transmitting those deductions to the state treasurer for credit to that fund; and

(3)the reasonable costs incident to the confinement of the delinquent child.

C. The deductions provided by Subsection B of this section shall not exceed fifty percent of the compensation earned by the child and shall not be less than five percent of that compensation.

History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-2-31, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 60.