HB 216 Summary

• Creates the restorative justice account funded by redirecting permanent fund dividend payments that would have gone to individuals ineligible due to felony convictions or incarceration.

• Establishes the office of victims' rights authority to pay outstanding restitution balances up to $10,000 per victim from the restorative justice account, with priority given to natural persons over businesses and governments.

• Extends the decision period for restitution recipients to elect Department of Law collection assistance from 30 days to 90 days after receiving notice.

• Allocates restorative justice account funds with specified percentages: 10-13% to crime victim compensation, 2-6% to office of victims' rights, 1-3% each to nonprofit grants for victim services and offender treatment, and 79-88% to Department of Corrections incarceration costs.

• Requires persons receiving restitution payments from the state under this account to reimburse the state for amounts paid, enforceable as a civil judgment.

• Takes effect January 1, 2019.