§ 17-15-3. Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; Members; Director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
There is created the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council created under Chapter 6A of Title 35 shall serve as the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board. The Governor shall appoint the director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to carry out the provisions of this chapter. History. Code 1981, § 17-15-3 […]
§ 17-15-4. Powers of Board
The board shall have the following powers and duties: To promulgate suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter; To request from the Attorney General, the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, district attorneys, solicitors-general, judges, county and municipal law enforcement agencies, and any other agency […]
§ 17-15-5. Filing of Claims; Verification; Contents
A claim may be filed by a person eligible to receive an award, as provided in Code Section 17-15-7, or, if such person is a minor, by his or her parent or guardian. In any case in which the person entitled to make a claim is mentally incompetent, the claim may be filed on his […]
§ 17-15-6. Investigation; Decision by Director; Review by Board; Report to Claimant
A claim, once accepted for filing and completed, shall be assigned to an investigator. The investigator shall examine the papers filed in support of the claim and cause an investigation to be conducted into the validity of the claim. The investigation shall include, but shall not be limited to, an examination of law enforcement, court, […]
§ 17-15-7. Persons Eligible for Awards
Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter: A person who: Is injured physically, who dies, or who suffers financial hardship as a result of being injured physically as a direct result of a crime; Suffers a serious mental or emotional trauma as […]
§ 17-15-8. Required Findings; Amount of Award; Method of Payment; Rejection of Claim; Reductions; Exemptions; Effective Date for Awards; Psychological Counseling for Relatives of Deceased; Memorials for Victims of Dui Homicide
No award may be made unless the board or director finds that: A crime was committed; The crime directly resulted in the victim’s physical injury, serious mental or emotional trauma, or financial hardship as a result of the victim’s physical injury, serious mental or emotional trauma, or the victim’s death; Police records, records of an […]
§ 17-15-9. Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund Created; Administration; Moneys; Payments Authorized
There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund. The custodian of the fund shall be the board. The director shall administer the fund and may invest the resources of the fund in the same manner and fashion that an insurer authorized to issue contracts of life insurance is […]
§ 17-15-10. Insufficient Funds to Pay Authorized Award
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, where an award under this chapter has been authorized but there are not sufficient funds in the fund to pay or continue paying the award, then the award or the remaining portion thereof shall not be paid unless and until sufficient funds become available from […]
§ 17-15-11. False Claims
Any person who asserts a false claim under the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor and shall further forfeit any benefit received and shall reimburse and repay the state for payments received or paid on his or her behalf pursuant […]
§ 17-15-12. Effect of Accepting Award
Acceptance of an award made pursuant to this chapter shall subrogate the state, to the extent of such award, to any right or right of action occurring to the claimant to recover payments on account of losses resulting from the crime with respect to which the award is made. The board may waive subrogation when […]