PRINTER'S NO. 3341
No. 2406 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY COY, McCALL, MARKOSEK, PETRONE, CARLSON, LESCOVITZ, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRUMAN, FISCHER, RAYMOND, BATTISTO, BELFANTI, PUNT, STEIGHNER, CIVERA, FOX, TRELLO, BALDWIN AND D. R. WRIGHT, APRIL 21, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 21, 1986
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled 2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the 3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the 4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative 5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof, 6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or 7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or 8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative 9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and 10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative 11 officers, and of the several administrative departments, 12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the 13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive 14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of 15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and 16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards, 17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the 18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other 19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and 20 commissions shall be determined," providing crime victim's 21 compensation to certain persons. 22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 23 hereby enacts as follows: 24 Section 1. Section 477.3 of the act of April 9, 1929 25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, 26 amended June 30, 1984 (P.L.458, No.96), is amended to read:
1 Section 477.3. Persons Eligible for Compensation.--(a) 2 Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 3 following persons shall be eligible for compensation: 4 (1) A victim. 5 (2) An intervenor. 6 (3) A surviving spouse, parent or child of a deceased victim 7 or intervenor. 8 (4) Any other person dependent for his principal support 9 upon a deceased victim or intervenor. 10 (5) Any person related to the victim within the third degree 11 of consanguinity or affinity who assumes the obligation or who 12 pays the funeral or burial expense incurred as a direct result 13 of the crime. 14 (6) Any nonprofit organization, unincorporated association 15 or nonprofit corporation which has paid a reward to an informant 16 for information which led to the arrest and conviction of an 17 individual for a crime which constitutes a felony. 18 (b) A person who is criminally responsible for the crime 19 upon which a claim is based or an accomplice of such person 20 shall not be eligible to receive compensation with respect to 21 such claim. A member of the family of the person who committed 22 the crime shall not be eligible if the offender is living in the 23 same household as the victim and will benefit from the award. 24 The Attorney General may sue the offender or the victim or both 25 to recover the award if the offender at any time benefits from 26 the award. 27 (c) A person who is not a resident of Pennsylvania at the 28 time of occurrence of the crime upon which the claim is based, 29 shall be eligible for compensation only if the law of the state 30 of which he is a resident at the time of occurrence of the crime 19860H2406B3341 - 2 -
1 upon which the claim is based provides for compensation to 2 Pennsylvania residents who are victims of crime in such state. 3 (d) If the victim's state of residence provides payments to 4 its residents injured in Pennsylvania, primary responsibility 5 for payment to the victim shall rest with the victim's state of 6 residence. 7 (e) For the purposes of the Crime Victim's Compensation 8 Program, any nonprofit entity described in subsection (a)(6) 9 which has paid a reward in accordance with the conditions set 10 forth in subsection (a)(6) shall be reimbursed by the board for 11 the amount of the reward up to the sum of one thousand dollars 12 ($1,000) per reward. 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. C18L71JLW/19860H2406B3341 - 3 -