PRINTER'S NO. 183
No. 180 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, O'CONNELL, FISHER, SHUMAKER, HOWARD,
KRATZER, SALVATORE, WENGER, HELFRICK, ANDREZESKI, HOPPER,
PECORA AND REIBMAN, JANUARY 22, 1985
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 1985
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," extending the limitations
21 period for the filing of claims for crimes' victims
22 compensation by victims of child abuse.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 477.4(b) of the act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
27 added July 9, 1976 (P.L.574, No.139), is amended to read:
1 Section 477.4. Filing of Claims for Compensation.--* * *
2 (b) A claim must be filed not later than one year after the
3 occurrence of the crime upon which the claim is based, or not
4 later than one year after the death of the victim or intervenor:
5 Provided, however, That for good cause the board may extend the
6 time for filing for a period not exceeding two years after such
7 occurrence. A claim for compensation for child abuse may be
8 filed at any time before the victim reaches the age of twenty-
9 one.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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