REFERENCE TITLE: traffic offense; restitution

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015

HB 2205

Introduced by Representative Boyer

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 13‑809, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to restitution.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 13-809, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-809.  Priority of payments; application to traffic offenses; orders to reimburse public monies

A.  If a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine or incarceration costs, payment and enforcement of restitution take priority over payment to the state.

B.  Section 13‑804 does not apply to traffic offenses, except for a violation of section 28‑661, 28‑662, 28‑693, 28‑1381, 28‑1382 or 28‑1383 or any local ordinance relating to the same subject matter of such sections.

C.  The court may impose an additional fine on sentencing for any offense to require that the defendant reimburse the law enforcement agency for any public monies paid to any person. END_STATUTE