Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB204%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=204
Timestamp: 2018-02-20 21:32:17
Document Index: 297262968

Matched Legal Cases: ['§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§423']

(Senators Unger and Kessler (Mr. President), original sponsors)
AN ACT to amend and reenact §14-2A-3, §14-2A-9, §14-2A-12, §14-2A-14 and §14-2A-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to compensation awards to victims of crimes generally; redefining terms; increasing the amount of victim relocation costs; allowing student loans obtained by a victim to be treated as a lost scholarship in certain instances; eliminating the authority to make awards of compensation for damage caused by operation of a methamphetamine laboratory under certain circumstances; modifying required time period in which a claimant should report offense to law enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring that a criminal complaint being filed is a prerequisite to receipt of compensation in certain circumstances; providing circumstances in which a criminal complaint need not be filed as a prerequisite to receipt of compensation; allowing victims of sexual offenses to undergo a forensic examination rather than reporting to law enforcement; permitting the Court of Claims to hire two additional claim investigators; and permitting claim investigators to acquire autopsy reports from the State Medical Examiner.
(5) A person who is a secondary victim in need of mental health counseling due to the person’s exposure to the crime committed whose award may not exceed $1,000;
(c) “Criminally injurious conduct” means conduct that occurs or is attempted in this state, or in any state not having a victim compensation program, which poses a substantial threat of personal injury or death and is punishable by fine or imprisonment. “Criminally injurious conduct” also includes criminally injurious conduct committed outside of the United States against a resident of this state. “Criminally injurious conduct” does not include conduct arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle unless the person engaging in the conduct intended to cause personal injury or death or committed negligent homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs, leaving the scene of the accident or reckless driving.
(m) “Lost scholarship” means a scholarship, academic award, stipend, student loan or other monetary scholastic assistance which had been awarded, conferred upon or obtained by a victim in conjunction with a post-secondary school educational program and which the victim is unable to receive or use, in whole or in part, due to injuries received from criminally injurious conduct.
(2) In the event the victim’s personal injuries are so severe as to leave the victim with a disability, as defined in Section 223 of the Social Security Act, as amended, as codified in 42 U. S. C.§423, the court may award an additional amount, not to exceed $100,000, for special needs attributable to the injury.