As Amended
SEC. 99-41-29. Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.
(1) From and after July 1, 1990, there is hereby created in the State Treasury a special interest-bearing fund to be known as the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide for the payment of awards of compensation pursuant to this chapter and the payment of all necessary and proper expenses incurred by the division in the administration of this chapter. Expenditures from the fund shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Department of Finance and Administration, and upon requisitions signed by the Attorney General or his duly designated representative in the manner provided by law. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of: (a) monies appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of compensating the victims of crime and other claimants under this chapter; (b) the interest accruing to the fund; (c) monies recovered by the director under the provisions of Section 99-41-21; (d) monies received from the federal government; and (e) monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law.
(2) No compensation payments shall be made which exceed the amount of money in the fund. The state shall not be liable for a written order to pay compensation, except to the extent that monies are available in the fund on the date the award is ordered. The Attorney General shall establish such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to adjust awards and payments so that the total amount awarded does not exceed the amount of money on deposit in the fund. Such rules and regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to provide for suspension of payments and proportioned reduction of benefits to all claimants; provided, however, no such reductions as provided for shall entitle claimants to future retroactive reimbursements in future years.
SOURCES: Laws, 1990, ch. 509, Sec. 15; 1993, ch. 517, Sec. 1; 1994, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 15, 1994) Laws, 1996, ch. 506, Sec. 13; Laws, 2004, ch. 355, § 11, SB 2466, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 20, 2004).
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2004