2010 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies And Special Proceedings
Chapter 13 - Criminal Injuries Compensation
Part 1 - General Provisions
29-13-116 - Use of state and federal funds Expenses Grants.

29-13-116. Use of state and federal funds Expenses Grants.

(a)  Funds available from the criminal injuries compensation fund, created under § 40-24-107, shall be expended to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, including all expenses to administer the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976, compiled in this chapter.

(b)  Use of available federal funds shall be specifically permitted to fund this program. In the event federal funds are made available to the state, the division of claims administration is hereby authorized to comply with any additional requirements imposed by the federal government so long as compliance with such provisions is not prohibited by, or contrary to, the provisions of this chapter.

(c)  The treasurer is authorized to award an annual grant to the district attorneys general conference for domestic violence and drug enforcement program operations in an amount not to exceed that specified in the general appropriations act each fiscal year.

(d)  [Deleted by 2004 amendment.]

(e)  In the event that the moneys in the criminal injuries compensation fund are inadequate to support the provisions of subsections (a)-(c), there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient to support those expenditures.

[Acts 1976, ch. 736, § 16(e); 1979, ch. 319, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 23-3516, 23-35-116; Acts 1985, ch. 278, § 8; 1992, ch. 761, § 4; 2000, ch. 983, § 2; 2002, ch. 869, § 5; 2003, ch. 235, § 1; 2004, ch. 693, §§ 1, 2; 2008, ch. 1077, § 1.]