Title 5, Title 5

1. Submission of claims. Claims are submitted to the board as follows. A. Claims must be in writing. [PL 1999, c. 360, §5 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 360, §9 (AFF).] B. Claims must specify the date, the nature and circumstances of the crime and the law enforcement agency to which the crim…

Payments from the fund and limits on those payments are governed by this section. [PL 2023, c. 643, Pt. N, §2 (NEW).] 1. Compensation for victim of sexual assault or other specified crime. The board may award compensation to a claimant of up to $15,000 for actual and unreimbursed…

1. Hearings. The board may hold a hearing on any claim and the board shall hold a hearing if requested by the claimant. The claimant may address the board at a hearing on the claim and the board may take testimony under oath. 2. Information. In addition to the material and inform…

Only a claimant under this chapter may appeal a decision of the board. An appeal of the board's final decisions must be to the Superior Court as provided for other administrative actions under chapter 375, subchapter VII. Board decisions and the amount of awards must be upheld un…

There is created a special fund, known as the "Victims' Compensation Fund," for the purpose of providing for the payment of claims arising under this chapter and for the payment of all necessary and proper expenses incurred by the board. The Attorney General shall administer the …

As part of the sentence or fine imposed, the court shall impose an assessment of $70 on any person convicted of murder, a Class A crime, a Class B crime or a Class C crime and $40 on any person convicted of a Class D crime or a Class E crime, except that the court shall impose an…

1. Administrative expenses. Administrative expenses of the board may be paid from the Victims' Compensation Fund. 2. Judicial administrative expenses. Up to $10,000 may be used the first year to defray the programming costs to integrate the Victims' Compensation Fund into the Jud…

1. Penalty imposed. The assessments required by section 3360‑I apply to penalties imposed for criminal conduct alleged to have occurred on or after January 1, 1993. 2. Compensation awarded. Notwithstanding the effective date of this chapter, the board may not award compensation f…

The Attorney General shall develop a fact sheet for victims with information about the victim advocate and victim compensation programs and shall make copies available to all prosecutors' offices and law enforcement agencies who shall provide that fact sheet for distribution to a…

1. Payment. The board shall pay the costs of forensic examiner training as well as the costs of forensic examinations for victims of sexual assault from the Victims' Compensation Fund. The board shall track expenditures for forensic examinations separately from all other expendit…