Chapter 15. VICTIM COMPENSATION  


§ 17-15-1. Legislative intent
§ 17-15-2. Definitions
§ 17-15-3. Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; members; director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
§ 17-15-4. Powers of board
§ 17-15-5. Filing of claims; verification; contents
§ 17-15-6. Investigation; decision by director; review by board; report to claimant
§ 17-15-7. Persons eligible for awards
§ 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
§ 17-15-9. Payment where insufficient funds in Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund
§ 17-15-10. Fund created; administration; moneys; payments authorized
§ 17-15-11. False claims
§ 17-15-12. Effect of accepting award
§ 17-15-13. (For effective date, see note.) Debt to state created; payment as condition of probation or parole; payment into fund
§ 17-15-14. Funding to victim service providers for disseminating information
§ 17-15-15. Responsibility for cost of forensic medical examination

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 17 Chapter 15 NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Compensation of victims of violation of § 40-6-391, § 15-21-110 et seq. State Victim Services Commission, T. 35, C. 6.
 
LAW REVIEWS. --For note on the 1994 amendments of Code Sections 17-15-2 to 17-15-4, 17-15-6 to 17-15-8 and enactment of Code Section 17-15-14 of this chapter, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 166 (1994).
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
ALR. --Jurisdiction or power of juvenile court to order parent of juvenile to make restitution for juvenile's offense, 66 ALR4th 985.