Title 17

(a) Any award or payment of benefits under this chapter shall create a debt due and owing to the state by any person found in a court of competent jurisdiction of this state to have committed an act resulting in compensation being paid pursuant to this chapter. (b) A court, when p…

The board shall be authorized to designate and expend not more than 10 percent of the moneys collected and paid into the fund pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Code Section 17-15-9 and Code Section 17-15-13 to provide funding to victim service providers for the purpo…

When a forensic medical examination is conducted, the cost of such forensic medical examination shall be paid for by the fund in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00. The fund shall be responsible for payment of such cost notwithstanding whether the person receiving such forensic me…

(a) When a forensic interview is conducted and when funding is available, the cost of such interview for a person who is less than 18 years of age or developmentally disabled may be paid for by the fund in an amount to be determined by the board. (b) The board shall develop stand…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) ‘‘Board’’ means the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. (2) ‘‘Claimant’’ means any person filing a claim pursuant to this chapter. (3) ‘‘Crime’’ means: (A) An act which is committed in this state; in a state which does not have a victims’ …

(a) 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. (b) The Governor shall appoint the director of the Criminal Justice Coord…

(a) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To promulgate suitable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter; (2) To request from the Attorney General, the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, dis…

(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 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 o…

(a) 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 n…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter: (1) A person who: (A) Is injured physically, who dies, or who suffers financial hardship as a result of being injured physically as a direct result o…

(a) No award may be made unless the board or director finds that: (1) A crime was committed; (2) 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 emo…

(a) 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 co…