Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 55 - Crime victims; compensation; increase maximum

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1. Hembree  98th          2. Snelling  99th          3. Lewis  14th
4. Barnard  154th         5. Brown  130th


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              1/9/95   Read 1st Time                                                                
              1/10/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 17-15-8                                                                      


HB 55                                             LC 16 3882






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 17-15-8 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to an award of compensation to a
  1- 3  crime victim, so as to increase the maximum amount of such
  1- 4  compensation; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1- 5  purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Code Section 17-15-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 8  Annotated, relating to an award of compensation to a crime
  1- 9  victim, is amended by striking subsection (c) of said Code
  1-10  section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1-11  following:

  1-12      "(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
  1-13      chapter, no award made under the provisions of this
  1-14      chapter shall exceed $1,000.00 in the aggregate;
  1-15      provided, however, with respect to any claim filed with
  1-16      the board as a result of a crime occurring on or after
  1-17      July 1, 1994 1995, no award made under the provisions of
  1-18      this chapter payable to a victim and to all other
  1-19      claimants sustaining economic loss because of injury to
  1-20      or death of such victim shall exceed $5,000.00
  1-21      $10,000.00 in the aggregate.

  1-22      (2) No award under this chapter for the following losses
  1-23      shall exceed the maximum amount authorized:

  1-24      Category                                  Maximum Award

  1-25      Lost Wages                         $ 5,000.00 10,000.00
  1-26      Funeral Expenses                     3,000.00  6,000.00
  1-27      Financial Hardship or Loss
  1-28      of Support                           5,000.00 10,000.00
  1-29      Medical                              5,000.00 10,000.00
  1-30      Counseling                           2,500.00  5,000.00"





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                                                  LC 16 3882

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 1  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 2  repealed.













































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