.590   Repayment by convicted defendant of all or part of reward paid by organization.


431.590 Repayment by convicted defendant of all or part of reward paid by
organization.
(1)
In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, after a defendant has been
convicted of an offense, excluding offenses committed under KRS Chapters 186
and 189, the judge shall order a defendant to repay all or part of a reward paid by a
crime stoppers organization.
(2)
In determining the amount the defendant shall repay to a crime stoppers
organization under subsection (1) of this section, the court shall consider the
importance of the information to the prosecution of the defendant as provided by the
arresting officer or the prosecuting attorney with due regard for the confidentiality
of the crime stoppers organization records.
(3)
In this section, "crime stoppers organization" means an organization as defined by
KRS 431.570.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992.