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      Sec. 54-206. Payment of attorneys as part of order. The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner may, as part of any order entered under this chapter, determine and allow reasonable attorney's fees, which shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the amount awarded as compensation under section 54-208, to be paid out of but not in addition to the amount of such compensation. No such attorney shall ask for, contract for or receive any larger sum than the amount so allowed.

      (P.A. 78-261, S. 6, 17; P.A. 87-554, S. 5; P.A. 93-310, S. 5, 32; P.A. 01-211, S. 19; P.A. 03-189, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 87-554 substituted "commission" for "board"; P.A. 93-310 changed "The commission" to "A victim compensation commissioner", effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 01-211 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re direct payment to health care providers for health care services rendered to the victim; P.A. 03-189 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, added reference to the Office of Victim Services and provision re review by victim compensation commissioner and deleted former Subsec. (b) re payment to health care providers.