[§28-111]  Victim-witness assistance
program.  (a)  There is established a victim-witness assistance program in
the department of the attorney general, whose purpose shall be to provide
information, assistance, and support services to the victims of and witnesses
to crimes committed in the State.



(b)  The attorney general shall allocate and
award appropriated funds to counties whose victim-witness assistance units are
in substantial compliance with the policies and criteria established.  The
attorney general and the county prosecutors shall work together to establish
victim-witness assistance program policies and criteria which shall not be
subject to chapter 91.  The county prosecutors shall implement the program in
their respective counties.



(c)  Any sums appropriated by the State for the
victim-witness units in each of the respective counties shall be contingent
upon the respective counties providing a minimum of twenty-five per cent of the
sum appropriated to each county. [L 1986, c 204, §2]