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ACT No. 198
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 584
BY REPRESENTATIVES SELDERS AND JAMES
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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)(a) 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.
17 (b) Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, for state Fiscal
18 Years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023, monies received from the collection
19 of unclaimed prize money as provided for in R.S. 4:176 and R.S. 27:94, 252, and 394
20 shall be used exclusively to pay the expenses associated with healthcare services of
21 victims of sexually-oriented criminal offenses, including forensic medical
22 examinations as defined in R.S. 15:622, lost earnings, and the reasonable costs of
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1 administering this Section. Such reasonable costs include salary for one full-time
2 employee, salary for one part-time employee, equipment, operating expenses, and
3 software support.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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