Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.67 - Violent Crimes Compensation Board

• Sec. 18.67.010 Purpose.
  It is the purpose of this chapter to facilitate and permit the payment of compensation to innocent persons injured, to dependents of persons killed,...
• Sec. 18.67.020 Violent Crimes Compensation Board.
  (a) There is the Violent Crimes Compensation Board in the Department of Administration composed of three members to be appointed by the governor. One...
• Sec. 18.67.030 Application for Compensation.
  (a) A person who may be eligible for compensation under this chapter may make application to the board. In a case in which the...
• Sec. 18.67.040 Action on Application; Hearings.
  (a) Upon application made under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall consider the application and rule on it. The board may, upon...
• Sec. 18.67.050 Attorney Fees.
  The board may, as part of an order entered under this chapter, determine and allow reasonable attorney fees, which may not exceed 25 percent...
• Sec. 18.67.060 Regulations.
  In the performance of its functions, the board is authorized to make, rescind, and amend regulations prescribing the procedures to be followed in the...
• Sec. 18.67.070 Standards for Compensation.
  For the purpose of determining the amount of compensation payable under this chapter, the board shall, insofar as practicable, formulate standards for uniform application...
• Sec. 18.67.080 Awarding Compensation.
  (a) In a case in which a person is injured or killed by an incident specified in AS 18.67.101 (1), or by the act...
• Sec. 18.67.090 Recovery From Collateral Source.
  (a) Up to the maximum set in AS 18.67.130 (c), the board may award compensation for losses and expenses allowable under AS 18.67.110 for...
• Sec. 18.67.100 Incidents and Offenses to Which Chapter Applies. [Repealed, Sec. 6 Ch 35 Sla 1979].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.67.101 Incidents and Offenses to Which This Chapter Applies.
  The board may order the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for personal injury or death that resulted from(1)...
• Sec. 18.67.110 Nature of the Compensation.
  (a) The board may order the payment of compensation under this chapter for(1) expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal...
• Sec. 18.67.120 Emergency Compensation.
  If it appears to the board, prior to taking action on an application, that the claim is one for which compensation is probable, and...
• Sec. 18.67.130 Limitations on Awarding Compensation.
  (a) An order for the payment of compensation may not be made under AS 18.67.080 unless(1) the application has been made within two years...
• Sec. 18.67.140 Recovery From Offender.
  When an order for the payment of compensation for personal injury or death is made under this chapter, the board, upon payment of the...
• Sec. 18.67.150 False Claim.
  A person who knowingly makes a false claim under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine...
• Sec. 18.67.160 Survival and Abatement.
  The rights to compensation created under this chapter are personal and do not survive the death of a victim or dependent entitled to them,...
• Sec. 18.67.162 Crime Victim Compensation Fund.
  There is created a crime victim compensation fund, which shall be administered by the board. The fund consists of money appropriated to it by...
• Sec. 18.67.165 Distribution of Money Received As a Result of the Commission of Crime. [Repealed, Sec. 11 Ch 154 Sla 1984. for Current Law See As 12.61.020 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.67.170 Reports.
  The board shall prepare and transmit to the governor, in each odd-numbered year, a biennial report of its activities under this chapter including a...
• Sec. 18.67.175 Duty to Display Information.
  (a) Every hospital licensed by this state shall display prominently in its emergency room, main entrance, and business office posters notifying the public of...
• Sec. 18.67.180 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "board" means the Violent Crimes Compensation Board;(2) "dependent" means a relative of a deceased victim who was dependent upon the victim's...

Last modified: November 15, 2016