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HB 1286 to provide the court with discretion, under...

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  1998
 

292B0750  
HOUSE BILL   NO.     1286  

        Introduced by: Representatives Cutler, Haley, and Jorgensen and Senators Rounds and Symens  

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to provide the court with discretion, under limited circumstances, when ordering restitution to victims of misdemeanor crimes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That chapter 22-6 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
     Notwithstanding §  22-6-2, when there is an insurer, self insurance, reciprocal insurance, or an insurance pool available to compensate the victim by means of a civil liability determination, the court in imposing sentence on a defendant who has been found guilty of a misdemeanor may order that the defendant make restitution to a victim in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23A-28.


750 copies of this document were printed by the South Dakota
Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.016 per page.
  .   Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.
Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes.