As we know, restitution orders exist in our judicial system today. Across all of those like that, the bill does not guarantee payment. What it does, though, is give courts an option when there are measurable costs that can be verifiable. It provides judges, at that point in time, when they're about to give restitution orders, an ability to recognize communities as being included in restitution.
When I spoke to some legal advisers, they told me that judges currently have the ability to give restitution to communities. It exists, but there's very little to no definition of what comprises a community, which is why judges are reluctant to make those restitution orders to communities.
They also aren't certain about what would be appropriate costs to award. Again, this bill serves to provide some of those definitions to judges, to offer them that tool.