Terms Used In Idaho Code 48-114

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
All costs and fees recovered by the attorney general under the terms of this chapter shall be remitted to the consumer protection account. Such costs and fees deposited into the consumer protection account under this chapter shall be treated as interaccount receipts and may be expended pursuant to interaccount appropriation and shall be used for the furtherance of the attorney general’s duties and activities under this chapter. All penalties recovered under section 48-108(1)(d), 48-110 or 48-111, Idaho Code, or actual damages or restitution recovered under section 48-108(1)(c), Idaho Code, shall be remitted to the general fund.