Once again, a Pennsylvania court has overturned a $1 million restitution order imposed on former House Speaker John Perzel for his corruption convictions in the so-called Computergate case.

This fight isn’t over, though, and it will require the application of some more math.

In an opinion issued by Judge Dan Pellegrini on Tuesday, a Superior Court panel voided Perzel’s restitution and sent his case back to Dauphin County Court for a recalculation of that figure.

That means the attorney general’s office and county President Judge Richard A. Lewis will get a third chance to make a restitution bill stick.

Perzel initially was slapped with the seven-figure penalty after his 2011 convictions in the Computergate case. He was among several House Republicans who were convicted or pleaded guilty to using taxpayer funds to create a computer system designed to promote the election of GOP candidates.

In March 2012, in addition to restitution, Lewis sentenced Perzel to 2 ½ to 5 years in prison and 5 years on probation on his guilty pleas to theft, conspiracy and conflict of interest charges. Perzel finished his jail term four years ago.

Perzel’s restitution was first overturned by the state Supreme Court in 2017. The high court found Lewis’ restitution order was invalid because under the Crimes Code the state cannot be considered a victim for purposes of restitution.

That same logic has resulted in the voiding of restitution orders against other House Republicans and Democrats, including former Rep. Michael Veon, who were convicted or pleaded guilty in the Computergate, Bonusgate and other scandals at the Capitol.

The Supreme Court’s 2017 ruling also sent Perzel’s case back to Lewis. During a hearing this past May, Lewis reinstated the $1 million restitution order. That time, at the urging of Chief Deputy Attorney General James Barker, Lewis imposed restitution under the state’s Pension Forfeiture Act rather than the Crimes Code.

In giving Perzel another chance to challenge his restitution, Pellegrini found Lewis’ 2018 order isn’t based on a legally solid financial foundation.

This time around, Lewis must hold a full hearing where prosecutors must present a “non-speculative” fiscal accounting to support a restitution amount, Pellegrini concluded. He said Perzel must have the chance to contest those figures as well.

Any new restitution order must document “the commonwealth’s loss that flowed from the charges to which Perzel pled guilty,” Pellegrini wrote.