Rule 20.12.101 - DEFINITIONSAs used in this sub-chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Administrative fee" means the cost of supervising the payment of restitution authorized by 46-18-201, MCA.(2) "Cost of collecting the payments for restitution" means the actual cost a collection agency under contract with the department incurs to collect restitution plus the 10% fee for the cost of supervising the payment of restitution for an offender whose criminal sentence has expired.(3) "Department" means the department of corrections established in 2-15-2301, MCA.(4) "Felony offender" means a person who has been found guilty of a felony offense upon a verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, and whom a judge has ordered to pay restitution to a victim, including a juvenile convicted under 41-5-206, MCA.(5) "Inmate account" means the prison inmate trust account an incarcerated offender maintains pursuant to 53-1-107, MCA.(6) "Offender" has the same meaning as felony offender in (4).(7) "Restitution" means the amount of money a district court judge has ordered a felony offender to pay to a victim.(8) "State prison" has the same meaning as found in 53-30-101, MCA.(9) "Victim" has the same meaning as found in 46-18-243, MCA.Mont. Admin. r. 20.12.101
NEW, 2003 MAR p. 2432, Eff. 10/31/03.46-18-241, 46-18-244, MCA; IMP, 46-18-241, 46-18-244, 46-18-245, MCA;