Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB201 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB201
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5	5	By Senator Bell
6	6	RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
7	7	First Read: 27-Feb-25
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	Under existing law, an individual seeking
17	17	compensation from the Alabama Crime Victims
18	18	Compensation Commission must file a claim within one
19	19	year of the injury or death upon which the claim is
20	20	based.
21	21	This bill would provide that an individual
22	22	seeking compensation from the Alabama Crime Victims
23	23	Compensation Commission may file a claim within two
24	24	years of the injury or death upon which the claim is
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26	26	A BILL
27	27	TO BE ENTITLED
28	28	AN ACT
29	29	Relating to the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation
30	30	Commission; to amend Section 15-23-12, Code of Alabama 1975,
31	31	to further provide for the filing of claims.
32	32	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
33	33	Section 1. Section 15-23-12, Code of Alabama 1975, is
34	34	amended to read as follows:
35	35	"§15-23-12
36	36	(a) Compensation shall not be awarded in any of the
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66	66	(a) Compensation shall not be awarded in any of the
67	67	following circumstances:
68	68	(1) A claim has been filed with the commission later
69	69	than one year two years after the injury or death upon which
70	70	the claim is based, unless the commission finds there was good
71	71	cause for the failure to file within that time.
72	72	(2) To a claimant who was the offender, or an
73	73	accomplice of the offender, or who encouraged or in any way
74	74	participated in the criminally injurious conduct.
75	75	(3) If the award would unjustly benefit the offender or
76	76	accomplice of the offender.
77	77	(4) The criminally injurious conduct resulting in
78	78	injury or death was reported to a law enforcement officer
79	79	later than 72 hours after its occurrence, unless the
80	80	commission finds there was good cause for the failure to
81	81	report within that time.
82	82	(b) Compensation otherwise payable to a claimant may be
83	83	diminished or denied to the extent that the economic loss is
84	84	recouped from collateral sources ;, or to the extent that the
85	85	degree of responsibility for the cause of the injury or death
86	86	is attributable to the victim as determined by the commission.
87	87	(c) The commission, upon finding that the claimant or
88	88	victim has not fully cooperated with appropriate law
89	89	enforcement agencies, may deny, withdraw, or reduce an award
90	90	of compensation.
91	91	(d) The commission, on its own motion or on request of
92	92	the claimant, may reconsider a decision granting or denying an
93	93	award or determining its an award amount. An order on
94	94	reconsideration of an award shall not require a refund of
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124	124	reconsideration of an award shall not require a refund of
125	125	amounts previously paid, unless the award was obtained by
126	126	fraud. The right of reconsideration does not affect the
127	127	finality of a commission decision for the purpose of judicial
128	128	review."
129	129	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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