41-2407. Victim compensation and assistance
fund; subrogation
A. The victim compensation and assistance fund is established. The Arizona
criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. The victim compensation and
assistance fund shall consist of victim compensation monies collected pursuant to section
12-116.01 and distributed pursuant to section 41-2401, subsection D, paragraph 14, victim
assistance monies collected pursuant to section 31-411, subsection E, section 31-418 and
section 31-467.06, unclaimed victim restitution monies pursuant to section 44-313 and
monies available from any other source.
B. Subject to legislative appropriation, the Arizona criminal justice commission
shall allocate monies in the victim compensation and assistance fund to public and
private agencies for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and supporting programs
that compensate and assist victims of crime. Not more than fifty per cent of the monies
distributed statewide for victim assistance shall be allocated to the governmental
agencies or public officers specified in section 41-2404, subsection A and to the
governmental agencies or public officers specified in section 41-2404, subsection B.
C. The allocation of monies pursuant to this section shall be made in accordance
with rules adopted by the Arizona criminal justice commission pursuant to section
41-2405, subsection A, paragraph 8. The rules shall provide that persons who suffered
personal injury or death that resulted from an attempt to aid a public safety officer in
the prevention of a crime or the apprehension of a criminal may be eligible for
compensation.
D. This state and the applicable operational unit or qualified program, as defined
in the victim compensation program rules, are subrogated to the rights of an individual
who receives monies from the victim compensation and assistance fund to recover or
receive monies or benefits from a third party, to the extent of the amount of monies the
individual receives from the fund.
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