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.
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