SB373 SFA #1 Woelfel 2-1

Skinner  7816

Senator Woelfel moved to amend the bill on page two, section eleven, lines thirty-two through forty-two, by striking out all of subsections (d) and (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(d) If an inmate is awarded a civil judgment, or settles a civil matter, which awards him or her monetary damages, the court in which those damages are awarded or settled shall enter an order which deducts attorney fees and litigation costs owed the inmate’s legal counsel and deducts all known outstanding child support, restitution, or other court-ordered obligations spousal support, and court costs from the award to the inmate, and satisfies those obligations, prior to releasing any funds to the inmate.

(e) Notwithstanding the failure of a court to act in accordance with subsection (d), the division may honor any outstanding court-ordered obligations of which it is aware, to satisfy all known orders of child support, restitution, spousal support, or court costs and shall deduct from any civil judgment or civil settlement such amounts necessary to pay such obligations of the inmate, if any, arising from orders of child support, restitution, spousal support or court costs prior to depositing funds from such civil judgment or civil settlement in the inmate’s account. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to civil actions filed after July 1, 2019.

Adopted

Rejected