Iowa Code 915.94 – Victim compensation fund
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915.94 Victim compensation fund.
1. A victim compensation fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury.
Moneys deposited in the fund shall be administered by the department and dedicated to and used for the purposes of § 915.41 and this subchapter. In addition, the department may use moneys from the fund for any of the following purposes:
a. For the department’s prosecutor-based victim service coordination, including the duties defined in sections 910.3 and 910.6 and this chapter.
b. To support the sexual assault forensic examiner program established in § 915.46. c. For the award of funds to programs that provide services and support to victims of domestic abuse as provided in chapter 236, to victims of sexual abuse as provided in chapter
236A, and to victims under § 710A.2.
d. For reimbursement to the Iowa law enforcement academy for domestic abuse and human trafficking training.
e. For the support of an automated victim notification system established in section
915.10A.
2. For each fiscal year, the department may also use up to three hundred thousand dollars from the fund to provide training for victim service providers, to provide training for related professionals concerning victim service programming, and to provide training concerning homicide, domestic assault, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, and human trafficking as required by § 710A.6.
3. Notwithstanding § 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
98 Acts, ch 1090, §55, 84; 2001 Acts, ch 84, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1074, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 22,
§111; 2007 Acts, ch 27, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §139, 161, 162; 2016 Acts, ch 1137, §16; 2017
Acts, ch 121, §37; 2021 Acts, ch 108, §3; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §179
Referred to in §321.210B, 321J.17, 602.8108, 622.69, 805.8A(14)(f), 809.17, 904.809, 915.41
1. A victim compensation fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury.
Moneys deposited in the fund shall be administered by the department and dedicated to and used for the purposes of § 915.41 and this subchapter. In addition, the department may use moneys from the fund for any of the following purposes:
a. For the department’s prosecutor-based victim service coordination, including the duties defined in sections 910.3 and 910.6 and this chapter.
b. To support the sexual assault forensic examiner program established in § 915.46. c. For the award of funds to programs that provide services and support to victims of domestic abuse as provided in chapter 236, to victims of sexual abuse as provided in chapter
236A, and to victims under § 710A.2.
d. For reimbursement to the Iowa law enforcement academy for domestic abuse and human trafficking training.
e. For the support of an automated victim notification system established in section
915.10A.
2. For each fiscal year, the department may also use up to three hundred thousand dollars from the fund to provide training for victim service providers, to provide training for related professionals concerning victim service programming, and to provide training concerning homicide, domestic assault, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, and human trafficking as required by § 710A.6.
3. Notwithstanding § 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
98 Acts, ch 1090, §55, 84; 2001 Acts, ch 84, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1074, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 22,
§111; 2007 Acts, ch 27, §10; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §139, 161, 162; 2016 Acts, ch 1137, §16; 2017
Acts, ch 121, §37; 2021 Acts, ch 108, §3; 2022 Acts, ch 1021, §179
Referred to in §321.210B, 321J.17, 602.8108, 622.69, 805.8A(14)(f), 809.17, 904.809, 915.41