HLS 20RS-969 REENGROSSED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 584
BY REPRESENTATIVES SELDERS AND JAMES
CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the authorized uses of funds in the Crime
Victims Reparations Fund
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1816(C)(2), relative to crime victims reparations; to provide
3 relative to the Crime Victims Reparations Fund; to provide relative to the sources
4 and uses of the fund; to provide relative to the authorized uses of certain monies in
5 the fund; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:1816(C)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1816. Crime Victims Reparations Fund; creation; sources and use of funds
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10 C.
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12 (2) Monies received from the collection of unclaimed prize money as
13 provided for in R.S. 4:176 and R.S. 27:94, 252, and 294 394 shall be used
14 exclusively to pay the expenses associated with health care healthcare services of
15 victims of sexually-oriented criminal offenses, including forensic medical
16 examinations as defined in R.S. 15:622, lost earnings, and the reasonable costs of
17 administering this Section. Such reasonable costs include salary for one full-time
18 employee, salary for one part-time employee, equipment, operating expenses, and
19 software support.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-969 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 584
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 584 Reengrossed 2020 Regular Session Selders
Abstract: Authorizes the use of certain funds in the Crime Victims Reparations Fund for
the recoupment of lost earnings and the reasonable costs of administering the fund.
Present law provides for the Crime Victims Reparations Fund and further provides that
monies in the fund that are received from the collection of unclaimed prize money as
provided for in present law shall be used exclusively to pay the expenses associated with
healthcare services of victims of sexually-oriented criminal offenses, including forensic
medical examinations.
Proposed law retains present law and further authorizes the use of such funds for the
recoupment of lost earnings and the reasonable costs of administering the fund.
Proposed law provides that reasonable costs include salary for one full-time employee,
salary for one part-time employee, equipment, operating expenses, and software support.
(Amends R.S. 46:1816(C)(2))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Provide what constitutes reasonable costs for the administration of the Crime
Victims Reparations Fund.
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