An award is not subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or other process, except that, upon receipt of an award by a claimant, the part of the award that is for allowable expense is not exempt from such action by a creditor to the extent that he provides products, services or accommodations the costs of which […]
(a) The clerk of the West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission shall prepare an information brochure for the benefit of the general public, outlining the rights of claimants and procedures to be followed under this article. Copies of such brochure shall be distributed to law-enforcement agencies in the state, and be made available to other interested […]
(a) The West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article. (b) The West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to govern the award of compensation to the spouse of, person living in the same household with, parent, child, brother or sister of the […]
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any injury or death resulting from criminally injurious conduct which occurred on or before December 31, 1981.
Amendments made to the provisions of this article during the regular session of the Legislature in the year 1984, shall be of retroactive effect to the extent that such amended provisions shall apply to all cases pending before the West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission on the effective date of the act of the Legislature which […]
Amendments made to the provisions of this article during the 1992 regular session of the Legislature are retroactive in effect to the extent that the amended provisions apply to all cases wherein the criminally injurious conduct occurred after December 31, 1991.
As used in this article, the term: (a) “Claimant” means any of the following persons, whether residents or nonresidents of this state, who claim an award of compensation under this article: (1) A victim, except the term “victim” does not include a nonresident of this state where the criminally injurious act did not occur in […]
(a) Every person within the state who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor offense, other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, in any magistrate court or circuit court, shall pay the sum of $10 as costs in the case, in addition to any other court costs that the […]
Any commissioner of the West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission individually, or the West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission en banc, shall have jurisdiction to approve awards of compensation arising from criminally injurious conduct, in accordance with the provisions of this article, if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements for an award of […]
Compensation of commissioners for services performed under this article, and actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties as commissioners under this article, shall be paid out of the crime victims compensation fund.
Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the oath prescribed by section five, article four of the Constitution of the State. The oath shall be filed with the clerk.
The West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission, with the approval of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates, is hereby authorized to hire not more than four claim investigators to be employed within the West Virginia Legislative Claims Commission, who shall carry out the functions and duties set forth in […]
