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Committee approves amendment to allow limited use of stimulus payments to satisfy inmates' court‑ordered obligations
Summary
Legislators and DOC officials debated whether federal stimulus payments received by incarcerated individuals can be used to pay outstanding fines, fees or restitution. The committee adopted an amendment laying out a notification and enforcement framework and passed the measure with the aim of recovering monies owed to victims and the state.
Senator Rice and others introduced legislation and an amendment to authorize a process whereby federal relief or stimulus funds received by incarcerated individuals could be applied to outstanding court‑ordered financial obligations (fines, restitution, court costs) when an appropriate order or notification is in place.
Solomon Graves, identified as secretary of corrections,…
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