§351-62.5 Crime victim compensation special fund; when payments authorized. (a) There is established a crime victim compensation special fund from which the commission may make payments as provided in subsection (b). The fund shall be administered by the director of public safety for purposes of this chapter. Interest and investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund shall become part of the fund. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward for the next fiscal year.
(b) Where the commission has made an award pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall make the payments to or on behalf of the victim or one or more of the dependents of a deceased victim, or to or for the benefit of other persons who have suffered pecuniary loss or incurred expenses on account of hospital, medical, funeral, or burial expenses as a result of the victim's injury or death. Victims or dependents entitled to receive awards shall be notified of the option to have payments made on their behalf to other designated persons. Payments made pursuant to this section shall not exceed the total amount of the award.
(c) The amount appropriated under section 351-70 shall be redeposited into the fund and applied to other payments as authorized by the commission.
(d) Funds received pursuant to section 354D-12(b)(1) and amounts received pursuant to sections 351-35, 351-62.6, 351-63, 706-605, and 853-1 shall be deposited into the crime victim compensation special fund. Moneys received shall be used for compensation payments, operating expenses, salaries of positions as authorized by the legislature, and collection of fees. The commission may enter into memorandums of agreement with the judiciary for the collection of fees by the judiciary; provided that no funds shall be deposited by the judiciary into the crime victim compensation special fund until collected. [L 1972, c 61, §1f; am L 1974, c 204, §1; am L 1988, c 322, §1; am L 1992, c 125, §1; am L 1993, c 219, §3; am L 1998, c 206, §3 and c 240, §§5, 7; am L 1999, c 278, §§4, 7; am L 2000, c 115, §1; am L 2001, c 176, §2]
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