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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 17-1-1 — 17-21-4)
Chapter 15 - VICTIM COMPENSATION (§§ 17-15-1 — 17-15-17)
- Section 17-15-1 - Legislative intent
- Section 17-15-2 - Definitions
- Section 17-15-3 - Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; members; director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
- Section 17-15-4 - Powers of board
- Section 17-15-5 - Filing of claims; verification; contents
- Section 17-15-6 - Investigation; decision by director; review by board; report to claimant
- Section 17-15-7 - Persons eligible for awards
- Section 17-15-8 - Required findings; amount of award; method of payment; rejection of claim; reductions; exemptions; effective date for awards; psychological counseling for relatives of deceased; memorials for victims of DUI homicide
- Section 17-15-9 - Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund created; administration; moneys; payments authorized
- Section 17-15-10 - Insufficient funds to pay authorized award
- Section 17-15-11 - False claims
- Section 17-15-12 - Effect of accepting award
- Section 17-15-13 - Debt to state created; payment as condition of probation or parole; payment into fund
- Section 17-15-14 - Funding to victim service providers for disseminating information
- Section 17-15-15 - Responsibility for cost of forensic medical examination
- Section 17-15-16 - Funding for costs of forensic interviews for persons less than 18 years of age or developmentally disabled
- Section 17-15-17 - Return of fines and fees paid by defendants with vacated convictions; regulation; payments
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