As 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.

History: 46-18-241, 46-18-244, MCA; IMP, 46-18-241, 46-18-244, 46-18-245, MCA; NEW, 2003 MAR p. 2432, Eff. 10/31/03.