§351-62.5  Crime victim compensation specialfund; when payments authorized.  (a)  There is established a crime victimcompensation special fund from which the commission may make payments asprovided in subsection (b).  The fund shall be administered by the director ofpublic safety for purposes of this chapter.  Interest and investment earningscredited to the assets of the fund shall become part of the fund.  Any balanceremaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forwardfor the next fiscal year.

(b)  Where the commission has made an awardpursuant to this chapter, the commission shall make the payments to or onbehalf of the victim or one or more of the dependents of a deceased victim, orto or for the benefit of other persons who have suffered pecuniary loss orincurred expenses on account of hospital, medical, funeral, or burial expensesas a result of the victim's injury or death.  Victims or dependents entitled toreceive awards shall be notified of the option to have payments made on theirbehalf to other designated persons.  Payments made pursuant to this sectionshall not exceed the total amount of the award.

(c)  The amount appropriated under section351-70 shall be redeposited into the fund and applied to other payments asauthorized by the commission.

(d)  Funds received pursuant to section354D-12(b)(1) and amounts received pursuant to sections 351-35, 351-62.6,351-63, 706-605, and 853-1 shall be deposited into the crime victimcompensation special fund.  Moneys received shall be used for compensationpayments, operating expenses, salaries of positions as authorized by thelegislature, and collection of fees.  The commission may enter into memorandumsof agreement with the judiciary for the collection of fees by the judiciary;provided that no funds shall be deposited by the judiciary into the crimevictim compensation special fund until collected. [L 1972, c 61, §1f; am L1974, c 204, §1; am L 1988, c 322, §1; am L 1992, c 125, §1; am L 1993, c 219,§3; am L 1998, c 206, §3 and c 240, §§5, 7; am L 1999, c 278, §§4, 7; am L2000, c 115, §1; am L 2001, c 176, §2]