Senate Bill No. 75

Senate Bill No. 75-Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to victims of crime; revising the provisions governing the limitation on compensation for aid to certain victims of crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 3, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. NRS 217.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:
217.200 1. The compensation officer may order the payment of compensation and the award of a governor's certificate for meritorious citizen's service to a victim for:
(a) Medical expenses, expenses for psychological counseling and nonmedical remedial care and treatment rendered in accordance with a religious method of healing, that are actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal injury or death of the victim;
(b) Loss of earnings or support not to exceed $300 per week that is reasonably incurred as a result of the total or partial incapacity of the victim for not longer than 52 weeks;
(c) Pecuniary loss to the dependents of a deceased victim;
(d) Funeral expenses, not in excess of $2,500, that are actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the death of the victim; and
(e) Another loss which results from the personal injury or death of the victim and which the compensation officer determines to be reasonable.
2. The compensation officer may order the payment of compensation for a person who pays the funeral expenses of a victim.
3. An award must not be made [:
(a) For more than $15,000 if the crime committed did not involve extreme violence resulting in serious physical injury to the victim; or
(b) For more than $25,000 if the crime committed involved extreme violence resulting in serious physical injury to the victim.] for more than $50,000.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.
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