Section 31-22-21 – Crime victims reparation fund created; purposes.
A. There is created in the state treasury the “crime victims reparation fund”. B. Money in the crime victims reparation fund may be expended by the commission to: (1) pay any award of reparation to victims made pursuant to the Crime Victims Reparation Act; (2) pay costs and expenses including staff salaries and expenses incurred […]
Section 31-22-22 – Distribution of money received as result of crime; escrow account.
A. Every firm, person, corporation, association or other legal entity contracting with a person or the representative or assignee of any person charged or convicted of a violent crime in this state, with respect to the reenactment of the crime in a movie, book, magazine article, tape recording, phonograph record, radio or television presentation or […]
Section 31-22-11 – No award to certain confined persons.
No award shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Crime Victims Reparation Act to a victim injured while confined in a county or municipal jail, penitentiary or other correctional facility. History: Laws 1981, ch. 325, § 11.
Section 31-22-12 – Recovery from offender.
Whenever an award of reparation is made pursuant to the Crime Victims Reparation Act, the state is, upon payment of the award, subrogated to the right of action of the victim or his dependents against the person responsible for the injury or death and may bring an action against such person for the amount of […]
Section 31-22-4 – Crime victims reparation commission created; membership; reimbursement.
A. There is created in the executive branch of government a “crime victims reparation commission” which shall consist of five members appointed by the governor for staggered terms of four years each. Not more than three of the members shall belong to the same political party. One of the members shall be an attorney licensed […]
Section 31-22-4.1 – Domestic violence homicide review team; creation; membership; duties; confidentiality; civil liability.
A. The “domestic violence homicide review team” is created within the commission for the purpose of reviewing the facts and circumstances of domestic violence related homicides and sexual assault related homicides in New Mexico, identifying the causes of the fatalities and their relationship to government and nongovernment service delivery systems and developing methods of domestic […]
Section 31-22-5 – Claims; review; hearings and evidence.
A. Where an application is made to the commission pursuant to the Crime Victims Reparation Act, the director of the commission shall determine if a claim for a reparation award is eligible for consideration pursuant to the provisions of the Crime Victims Reparation Act. All claims arising from the injury or death of a person […]
Section 31-22-6 – Medical examination; attorneys’ fees; penalty.
A. The commission may appoint an impartial physician, licensed in New Mexico, to examine any person making an application for reparation under the Crime Victims Reparation Act, and the fees for the examination shall be paid from funds appropriated for the commission’s administrative expenses. B. None of the appropriation in this act [31-22-1 to 31-22-21 […]
Section 31-22-7 – Eligibility for reparation.
A. If a person is injured or killed by an act or omission of another person coming within the criminal jurisdiction of the state after July 1, 1981, which act or omission includes a crime enumerated in Section 31-22-8 NMSA 1978, and upon application for reparation, the commission may award reparation in accordance with the […]
Section 31-22-8 – Crimes enumerated.
A. The crimes to which the Crime Victims Reparation Act applies and for which reparation to victims may be made are the following enumerated offenses and all other offenses in which any enumerated offense is necessarily included: (1) arson resulting in bodily injury; (2) aggravated assault or aggravated battery; (3) dangerous use of explosives resulting […]