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Senate Bill No. 619

(By Senator Burnette)

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[Introduced February 18, 2002; referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend article two-a, chapter fourteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section fourteen-a, relating to the payment of up to five thousand dollars from the crime victims' compensation fund to the prosecuting attorney on behalf of the murder victim to pay the costs of investigation and prosecution of the case.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two-a, chapter fourteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fourteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2A. COMPENSATION AWARDS TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES.
§14-2A-14a. Compensation award to prosecutor on behalf of murder victim.

The judge or commissioner shall approve an award of compensation on behalf of a murder victim to the prosecuting attorney who prosecuted the perpetrator or perpetrators of the murder. An award made under this section shall take into consideration the cost of expenses incurred in the investigation and prosecution of the crime, excluding salaries, wages and benefits of persons involved in the investigation and prosecution: Provided, That no award made under this section may exceed five thousand dollars.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for a compensation award of up to five thousand dollars to be made on behalf of a murder victim to the prosecuting attorney who prosecutes the perpetrator or perpetrators of the murder.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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