Senate Bill No. 282–Committee on Judiciary

 

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AN ACT relating to victims of crime; removing certain limitations on the amount of compensation that may be provided for the loss of earnings and support and for the funeral expenses of certain victims of crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. NRS 217.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   217.200  1.  The compensation officer may order the payment of

 compensation and the award of a governor’s certificate for meritorious

 citizen’s service to a victim for:

   (a) Medical expenses, expenses for psychological counseling and

 nonmedical remedial care and treatment rendered in accordance with a

 religious method of healing, that are actually and reasonably incurred as a

 result of the personal injury or death of the victim;

   (b) Loss of earnings or support [not to exceed $300 per week] that is

 reasonably incurred as a result of the total or partial incapacity of the

 victim for not longer than 52 weeks;

   (c) Pecuniary loss to the dependents of a deceased victim;

   (d) Funeral expenses[, not in excess of $2,500,] that are actually and

 reasonably incurred as a result of the death of the victim; and

   (e) Another loss which results from the personal injury or death of the

 victim and which the compensation officer determines to be reasonable.

   2.  The compensation officer may order the payment of compensation

 for a person who pays the funeral expenses of a victim.

   3.  An award must not be made for more than $50,000.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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