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      Sec. 54-202. Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation. (a) On or before July 1, 1993, the Governor shall appoint five victim compensation commissioners for a term of four years to conduct hearings and make determinations as provided in this chapter. To be eligible for appointment, a victim compensation commissioner shall have been admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least five years prior to the appointment.

      (b) Each victim compensation commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment and may be removed by the Governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office after due notice and hearing.

      (c) A Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner shall be designated by the Chief Court Administrator from among the five victim compensation commissioners appointed by the Governor. The Chief Court Administrator may appoint qualified attorneys to serve as temporary victim compensation commissioners when victim compensation commissioners are not available or when additional victim compensation commissioners are necessary for the expeditious processing of claims. Temporary victim compensation commissioners shall have the same qualifications for appointment and the same powers as victim compensation commissioners.

      (d) Each victim compensation commissioner and temporary victim compensation commissioner shall receive one hundred twenty-five dollars for each day of service.

      (P.A. 78-261, S. 2, 17; P.A. 80-390, S. 1, 5; P.A. 83-311; P.A. 87-554, S. 1; P.A. 89-35; P.A. 91-389, S. 9; P.A. 92-153, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 49, 70; P.A. 93-310, S. 1, 32.)

      History: P.A. 80-390 replaced previous provision in Subsec. (c) which had allowed members no compensation but had allowed reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing duties with provision authorizing fifty-dollar per diem; P.A. 83-311 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing compensation from fifty to one hundred dollars per day; P.A. 87-554 changed "criminal injuries compensation board" to "commission on victim services" and amended Subsec. (c) to specify that expenses are in addition to one-hundred-dollar per diem; P.A. 89-35 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision permitting administrator to make preliminary evaluation and order of compensation not to exceed two thousand dollars; P.A. 91-389 amended Subsec. (d) to replace provision permitting administrator to make preliminary evaluation and order of compensation not to exceed two thousand dollars with provision permitting administrator to make a preliminary evaluation of an application; P.A. 92-153 increased members from three to five, required that one member have at least five years' experience in delivery of victim services and one member have at least five years' experience in insurance handling personal injury claims, deleted restriction specifying that members must never have been victims themselves or be related to a victim, added provisions re expiration of terms of members on September 30, 1992, appointment of members as of October 1, 1992, and re term length, revised provision re compensation of members and appeals panel, and changed "administrator" to "executive director"; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-310 extensively revised section, changing "members of the commission" to "victim compensation commissioners", providing for chief victim compensation commissioner, authorizing appointment of temporary victim compensation commissioners, replacing provision authorizing reimbursement for expenses and payment of one hundred dollars per day with set compensation of one hundred twenty-five dollars per day and deleting prior provisions re hearing officers, effective July 1, 1993.

      See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".