2005 Vermont Code - § 5356. — Amount of compensation

§ 5356. Amount of compensation

(a) If the application is approved, the board shall authorize cash payments, not to exceed $10,000.00, to or on behalf of the applicant, equal to the unreimbursed pecuniary loss directly resulting from the injury or death of the victim. Applications approved in any fiscal year shall not exceed funds approrpiated and authorized in that fiscal year for this purpose.

(b) Funds available to the board for payments include fees collected and deposited by the court into the victims' compensation fund as described in section 7282 of this title and monies from inmate labor contributions from the prison industries enhancement program or from any other source. (Added 1989, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 63, § 53.)