11-538. County attorney victim compensation
fund; exemption from lapsing
A. The board of supervisors may establish a county attorney victim compensation
fund in the county treasury consisting of monies that are distributed pursuant to section
12-286, subsection D. The county attorney in cooperation with the board of supervisors
shall administer the fund.
B. The county attorney shall use monies in the fund to assist eligible victims of
crime with medical, counseling and funeral expenses and lost wages. The rules of the
Arizona criminal justice commission adopted pursuant to section 41-2405, subsection A,
paragraph 8 applies to the eligibility of crime victims for compensation.
C. The county attorney shall annually submit to the board of supervisors the fund
balance and the amount of revenues that the county attorney projects will be available in
the fund for the next fiscal year.
D. Monies in the fund shall be used to supplement, not supplant, monies that would
otherwise be available to assist victims of crime.
E. Any monies in the fund remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the
fiscal year do not revert to the county general fund.
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