A. A delinquent child may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to the victim of the child's delinquent act.
B. The department may provide compensation to a delinquent child engaged in a rehabilitative work program and shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations to provide deductions from that compensation for:
(1) victim restitution ordered by the court and for transmitting those deductions to the clerk of that court;
(2) the crime victims reparation fund and for transmitting those deductions to the state treasurer for credit to that fund; and
(3) the reasonable costs incident to the confinement of the delinquent child.
C. The deductions provided by Subsection B of this section shall not exceed fifty percent of the compensation earned by the child and shall not be less than five percent of that compensation.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-2-31, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 60.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Section 32A-2-1 - Short title.
Section 32A-2-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 32A-2-3 - Definitions.
Section 32A-2-4 - Detention facilities; standards; reports; appeals.
Section 32A-2-4.1 - Adult jails and lockups used as temporary holding facilities; reports.
Section 32A-2-6 - Transfer of jurisdiction over child from other tribunals to court.
Section 32A-2-7 - Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry; notice; time waiver.
Section 32A-2-8 - Petition; authorization to file.
Section 32A-2-9 - Taking into custody.
Section 32A-2-10 - Release or delivery from custody.
Section 32A-2-11 - Criteria for detention of children.
Section 32A-2-12 - Placement or detention.
Section 32A-2-14 - Basic rights.
Section 32A-2-15 - Time limitations on delinquency adjudicatory hearing.
Section 32A-2-16 - Conduct of hearings; findings; dismissal; dispositional matters; penalty.
Section 32A-2-17 - Predisposition studies; reports and examinations.
Section 32A-2-18 - Judgment; noncriminal nature; nonadmissibility.
Section 32A-2-19 - Disposition of an adjudicated delinquent offender.
Section 32A-2-20 - Disposition of a youthful offender.
Section 32A-2-22 - Continuance under supervision without judgment; consent decree; disposition.
Section 32A-2-23.1 - Release eligibility.
Section 32A-2-23.2 - Release proceedings.
Section 32A-2-24 - Probation revocation; disposition.
Section 32A-2-25 - Parole revocation; procedures.
Section 32A-2-26 - Sealing of records.
Section 32A-2-28 - Parental responsibility.
Section 32A-2-29 - Motor Vehicle Code violations.
Section 32A-2-30 - Indigency standard; fee schedule; reimbursement.
Section 32A-2-31 - Child adjudicated delinquent; victim restitution; compensation; deductions.
Section 32A-2-32 - Confidentiality; records.
Section 32A-2-32.1 - Information not to be disclosed on a public access web site.
Section 32A-2-33 - Child in possession of a firearm on school premises; detention; hearing.