[Ord. 348, 3/18/1998, § 1; as amended by Ord. 431, 8/20/2008]
This Part is adopted to establish the right to obtain restitution of workers' compensation paid to Township employees as a result of criminal activity from the criminal offender and to aid in compensating victims for harm directly caused by an offender, to decrease the cost of workers' compensation insurance in order to minimize taxes to the residents of the Township, to minimize losses sustained by the Township through workers' compensation payments which occur as a direct result of criminal conduct inflicted upon its Township employees by criminal offenders, and to obtain restitution for losses sustained by the Township and/or Township employees as the direct result of criminal conduct resulting in personal injury to Township employees in the performance of their official duties.
[Ord. 348, 3/18/1998, § 2; as amended by Ord. 431, 8/20/2008]
CRIME
Any offense punishable under 18 Pa.C.S.A. or 75 Pa.C.S.A.
OFFENDER
Any person, except a victim, who criminally causes personal injury to the person or property of another as a direct result of a crime and who is adjudged guilty of an offense punishable under 18 Pa.C.S.A. or 75 Pa.C.S.A.
PERSONAL INJURY
Actual bodily harm directly resulting from crime.
RESTITUTION
The return of property of the victim or payments in cash or the equivalent thereof pursuant to an order of a court.
VICTIM
Any Township employee who suffered injuries to his person or property as a direct result of the crime. The term "victim" specifically includes the Township and any insurance company that has compensated the victim for loss under an insurance contract.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Richland.
[Ord. 348, 3/18/1998, § 3; as amended by Ord. 431, 8/20/2008]
When required as a condition of probation or parole, offenders convicted of a crime wherein a Township employee suffered injury to property or personal injury directly resulting from the crime shall make restitution in the amount of the value of the loss sustained by the victim, the Township or an insurance company, as ordered by the sentencing court.
[Ord. 348, 3/18/1998, § 4; as amended by Ord. 431, 8/20/2008]
1. 
Request for Information of Loss. When a Township employee who has suffered personal injury receives notification from the District Attorney's office of a pending trial for the offender, the victim who suffered personal injury shall request the Township Secretary to provide to the victim the monetary value of the loss sustained by the Township and the Township's insurance carrier.
2. 
Reporting. If the offender is convicted of a crime which resulted in person injury to the Township employee, the victim shall inform the Assistant District Attorney prior to sentencing of the loss sustained by the victim, the Township and the Township's insurance carrier so that restitution may be ordered by the court pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 1106(c).
3. 
Preservation of Private Remedies. No judgment or order or restitution shall debar the Township or any employee who sustained personal injury, by appropriate action, to recover from the offender as otherwise provided by law, provided that any civil award shall be reduced by the amount paid under this Part.
[Ord. 348, 3/18/1998, § 5; as amended by Ord. 431, 8/20/2008]
1. 
Notification of Value of Township Loss. Upon request from a Township employee who has suffered personal injury directly resulting from a crime, the Township Secretary shall provide to the requesting victim the monetary value of the loss sustained by the Township and the Township's insurance carrier.
2. 
Value of Loss. Value of Township loss shall include but not be limited to medical expenses, amount of medical expenses not covered by the Township insurance carrier, amount of compensation received by the employee during absence from duty caused by the offender and the amount of compensation paid to the victim not reimbursed by the insurance carrier of the Township, as a direct result of the offender's crime.