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House File 684

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 915.94, Code 2001, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    915.94  VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND.
  1  4    A victim compensation fund is established as a separate
  1  5 fund in the state treasury.  Moneys deposited in the fund
  1  6 shall be administered by the department and dedicated to and
  1  7 used for the purposes of section 915.41 and this subchapter.
  1  8 In addition, the department may use moneys from the fund for
  1  9 the purposes of section 236.15 for the purpose of the
  1 10 department's prosecutor-based victim service coordination,
  1 11 including the duties defined in sections 910.3 and 910.6 and
  1 12 chapter 915, and for the award of funds to programs that
  1 13 provide services and support to victims of domestic abuse or
  1 14 sexual assault as provided in chapter 236.  The department may
  1 15 also use up to one hundred thousand dollars from the fund to
  1 16 provide training for victim service providers.
  1 17 Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June
  1 18 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of
  1 19 the state.  
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill amends Code section 915.94 relating to the victim
  1 22 compensation fund.  The bill expands the authority of the
  1 23 department of justice to allow use of moneys from the fund for
  1 24 the department's prosecutor-based victim service coordination,
  1 25 including the department's restitution and victim rights
  1 26 duties.  The bill further allows the department of justice to
  1 27 use up to $100,000 from the fund for victim service provider
  1 28 training.  
  1 29 LSB 1258HZ 79
  1 30 rh/gg/8
     

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