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2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 346 - COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS
.010 Purpose.

KY Rev Stat § .010 (2016) What's This?

Download as PDF 346.010 Purpose. The General Assembly hereby declares that it serves a public purpose and is of benefit to the state to indemnify those needy persons who are innocent victims of criminal acts and who suffer bodily or psychological injury or death as a consequence thereof. Such persons or their dependents may thereby suffer disability, incur financial hardships and become dependent upon public assistance. To that end, it is the General Assembly's intent that aid, care and support be provided by the state, as a matter of grace, for such victims of crime. Effective: July 15, 1986 History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 382, sec. 16, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 1.

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