Georgia Code, Title 17, Chapter 15 - Victim Compensation

• § 17-15-1 - Legislative Intent
  The General Assembly recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal physical injury, serious mental or emotional trauma, severe financial hardship, or death as a...
• § 17-15-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Board" means the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. (2) "Claimant" means any person filing a claim pursuant...
• § 17-15-3 - Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; Members; Director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
  (a) There is created the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council created under Chapter 6A of Title 35 shall serve...
• § 17-15-4 - Powers of Board
  (a) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To promulgate suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes...
• § 17-15-5 - Filing of Claims; Verification; Contents
  (a) 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...
• § 17-15-6 - Investigation; Decision by Director; Review by Board; Report to Claimant
  (a) A claim, once accepted for filing and completed, shall be assigned to an investigator. The investigator shall examine the papers filed in support...
• § 17-15-7 - Persons Eligible for Awards
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter: (1) A person...
• § 17-15-8 - Required Findings; Amount of Award; Rejection of Claim; Reductions; Exemption From Garnishment and Execution; Exemption From Treatment As Ordinary Income; Effective Date for Awards; Psychological Counseling for Relatives of Deceased; Memorials for Victims of Dui Homicide
  (a) No award may be made unless the board or director finds that: (1) A crime was committed; (2) The crime directly resulted in...
• § 17-15-9 - Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund Created; Administration; Moneys; Payments Authorized
  (a) There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund. The custodian of the fund shall be the...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 17-15-12 - Effect of Accepting Award
  (a) Acceptance of an award made pursuant to this chapter shall subrogate the state, to the extent of such award, to any right or...
• § 17-15-13 - Debt to State Created; Payment As Condition of Probation or Parole; Payment Into Fund
  (a) Any award or payment of benefits under this chapter shall create a debt due and owing to the state by any person found...
• § 17-15-14 - Funding to Victim Service Providers for Disseminating Information
  The board shall be authorized to designate and expend not more than 10 percent of the moneys collected and paid into the fund pursuant...
• § 17-15-15 - Responsibility for Cost of Forensic Medical Examination
  When a forensic medical examination is conducted, the cost of such forensic medical examination shall be paid for by the fund in an amount...
• § 17-15-16 - Funding for Costs of Forensic Interviews for Persons Less Than 18 Years of Age or Developmentally Disabled
  (a) When a forensic interview is conducted and when funding is available, the cost of such interview for a person who is less than...

Last modified: October 14, 2016