Sec. 24.65.050. Removal.
The legislature, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a roll call vote of two-thirds of the members of each house entered in the journal, may remove or suspend the victims’ advocate from office, but only for neglect of duty, misconduct, or disability.
Sec. 24.65.060. Compensation.
The victims’ advocate is entitled to receive an annual salary of Range 26 on the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a) for Juneau.
Sec. 24.65.070. Staff and delegation.
(a) The victims’ advocate shall appoint a person to serve as acting victims’ advocate in the absence of the victims’ advocate. The victims’ advocate shall also appoint assistants and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Subject to AS 36.30.020, the victims’ advocate may enter into personal services and other contracts […]
Sec. 24.65.080. Office facilities and administration.
(a) Subject to restrictions and limitations imposed by the executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, the administrative facilities and services of the Legislative Affairs Agency, including computer, data processing, and teleconference facilities, may be made available to the victims’ advocate to be used in the management of the office of victims’ rights and to […]
Sec. 24.65.090. Procedure.
(a) The victims’ advocate shall, by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), establish procedures for advocacy on behalf of crime victims, receiving and processing complaints, conducting investigations, reporting findings, and ensuring that confidential information obtained by the victims’ advocate in the course of advocacy on behalf of a crime victim or in the […]
Sec. 24.65.100. Jurisdiction; duties.
(a) The victims’ advocate has jurisdiction to advocate on behalf of crime victims of felony offenses or class A misdemeanors, if the class A misdemeanor is a crime involving domestic violence or a crime against a person under AS 11.41, in the courts of the state and to investigate the complaints of crime victims of […]
Sec. 24.65.105. Payment of restitution.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the office of victims’ rights is authorized to pay outstanding balances on orders of restitution under AS 12.55.045 or AS 47.12.120. The office of victims’ rights shall coordinate and make payments from the restorative justice account (AS 43.23.048) in accordance with the priority in (b) of this section. A crime victim […]
Sec. 24.65.110. Advocacy on behalf of crime victims; records.
(a) The victims’ advocate shall assist crime victims in obtaining the rights crime victims are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of the state with regard to the contacts crime victims have with justice agencies. (b) The victims’ advocate may make the statement a crime victim is authorized to make under art. I, sec. 24, […]
Sec. 24.65.115. Authority to request return of property on behalf of certain persons.
(a) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, the victims’ advocate may (1) file a request under AS 12.36.070 with a law enforcement agency for the return of property to a crime victim after having conducted an investigation and determining that the crime victim is entitled to the return of the property under the factors listed […]
Sec. 24.65.120. Investigations.
(a) The victims’ advocate may investigate complaints from crime victims that they have been denied the rights they are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of this state. (b) In an investigation, the victims’ advocate may (1) make inquiries and obtain information considered necessary; (2) hold private hearings; and (3) notwithstanding other provisions of law, […]