HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(1)   Stolen, damaged, or destroyed the property
of another;

(2)   Inflicted personal injury on another,
requiring the injured person to incur medical, dental,
hospital, or funeral expenses.

(b)  Considering the age and circumstances of a child,
the court may order the child to make restitution to the
wronged party personally.

(c)  (1) A judgment rendered under this section may not
exceed:

(i) As to property stolen or destroyed,
the lesser of the fair market value of the property or
$5,000;

(ii) As to property damaged, the lesser of
the amount of damage not to exceed the fair market value of
the property damaged or $5,000; and

(iii) As to personal injuries, inflicted,
the lesser of the reasonable medical, dental, hospital,
funeral, and burial expenses incurred by the injured person
as a result of the injury or $5,000.

(2) As an absolute limit against any one child
or his parents, a judgment rendered under this section may
not exceed $5,000 for all acts arising out of a single

incident.

(D) A RESTITUTION HEARING TO DETERMINE THE LIABILITY
OF A PARENT OR A CHILD, OR BOTH, SHALL BE HELD NOT LATER
THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DISPOSITION HEARING AND MAY BE
EXTENDED BY THE COURT FOR GOOD CAUSE.

[(d)] (E) A judgment of restitution, against a parent
may not be entered unless the parent has been afforded a
reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present
appropriate evidence in his behalf. A hearing under this
section may be held as part of an adjudicatory or
disposition hearing for the child.

[(e)] (F) The judgment may be enforced in the same
manner as enforcing monetary judgments.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 25, 1982.