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. 24.60.255. Administrative complaints.
(a) A person may file a written complaint alleging a violation of AS 24.60.200 – 24.60.260 has occurred or is occurring. (b) Complaints filed under (a) of this section must be filed within five years after the date of the alleged violation. (c) If a member of the Alaska Public Offices Commission files a complaint, […]
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. 24.60.260. Prohibited conduct relating to disclosures; penalties.
(a) A person required to make a disclosure under this chapter may not knowingly make a false or deliberately misleading or incomplete disclosure to the committee or to the Alaska Public Offices Commission. A person who files a disclosure after a deadline set by this chapter or by a regulation adopted by the Alaska Public […]
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. 24.60.970. Actions by the attorney general.
The attorney general may independently bring civil actions relating to violations under this chapter regardless of the outcome or settlement of a charge before the committee. This section does not prohibit the attorney general from bringing an action under another civil or criminal law.
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 […]