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Senate Study Bill 3066

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 915.86, Code Supplement 1999, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  Loss of income from work that the
  1  4 victim's parent or caretaker would have performed and for
  1  5 which the victim's parent or caretaker would have received
  1  6 remuneration when the victim's parent or caretaker accompanies
  1  7 the victim to medical and counseling services, not to exceed
  1  8 one thousand dollars.
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  2B.  Loss of income from work that the
  1 10 victim, the victim's parent or caretaker, or the survivor of a
  1 11 homicide victim as described in subsection 8, would have
  1 12 performed and for which that person would have received
  1 13 remuneration, where the loss of income is a direct result of
  1 14 cooperation with the investigation and prosecution of the
  1 15 crime or attendance at criminal justice proceedings including
  1 16 the trial and sentencing in the case, not to exceed one
  1 17 thousand dollars.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 915.86, subsections 7, 8, and 9, Code
  1 19 Supplement 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  1 20    7.  In the event of a victim's death homicide, reasonable
  1 21 charges incurred for health care for the victim's spouse,
  1 22 children, parents, siblings, or persons related by blood or
  1 23 affinity to; child, foster child, stepchild, son-in-law, or
  1 24 daughter-in-law; parent, foster parent, or stepparent;
  1 25 sibling, foster sibling, stepsibling, brother-in-law, or
  1 26 sister-in-law; grandparent; grandchild; aunt, uncle, or first
  1 27 cousin; legal ward; or person cohabiting with the victim, not
  1 28 to exceed three thousand dollars per survivor.
  1 29    8.  In the event of a victim's death homicide, loss of
  1 30 income from work that, but for the death of the victim, would
  1 31 have been earned by the victim's spouse, child, parent,
  1 32 sibling, or person cohabiting with or related by blood or
  1 33 affinity to; child, foster child, stepchild, son-in-law, or
  1 34 daughter-in-law; parent, foster parent, or stepparent;
  1 35 sibling, foster sibling, stepsibling, brother-in-law, or
  2  1 sister-in-law; grandparent; grandchild; aunt, uncle, or first
  2  2 cousin; legal ward; or person cohabiting with the victim, not
  2  3 to exceed six thousand dollars.
  2  4    9.  Reasonable expenses incurred for cleaning the scene of
  2  5 a homicide crime, if the scene is a residence, not to exceed
  2  6 one thousand dollars.  
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill amends Code section 915.86, relating to crime
  2  9 victim compensation.
  2 10    The bill adds compensation for parents or caretakers of a
  2 11 dependent victim for lost wages related to the dependent's
  2 12 medical and counseling appointments, and for lost wages for
  2 13 victims, parents, and caretakers related to meetings with law
  2 14 enforcement and prosecutors in connection with the criminal
  2 15 proceedings.
  2 16    The bill also amends certain compensation provisions.
  2 17 Compensation for health care and lost wages for relatives of
  2 18 homicide victims are limited to a specified list of relatives.
  2 19 Compensation for crime scene cleanup is expanded to include
  2 20 crimes other than homicides.  
  2 21 LSB 5103DP 78
  2 22 jj/cf/24.1

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