Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 968 - Victim Services
Section 54-202. - Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation.

(a) On or before July 1, 1993, the Governor shall appoint five victim compensation commissioners for a term of four years to conduct hearings and make determinations as provided in sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive. To be eligible for appointment, a victim compensation commissioner shall have been admitted to the practice of law in this state for at least five years prior to the appointment.

(b) Each victim compensation commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment and may be removed by the Governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office after due notice and hearing.
(c) A Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner shall be designated by the Chief Court Administrator from among the five victim compensation commissioners appointed by the Governor. The Chief Court Administrator may appoint qualified attorneys to serve as temporary victim compensation commissioners when victim compensation commissioners are not available or when additional victim compensation commissioners are necessary for the expeditious processing of claims. Temporary victim compensation commissioners shall have the same qualifications for appointment and the same powers as victim compensation commissioners.
(d) Each victim compensation commissioner and temporary victim compensation commissioner shall receive one hundred twenty-five dollars for each day of service.
(P.A. 78-261, S. 2, 17; P.A. 80-390, S. 1, 5; P.A. 83-311; P.A. 87-554, S. 1; P.A. 89-35; P.A. 91-389, S. 9; P.A. 92-153, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 49, 70; P.A. 93-310, S. 1, 32; P.A. 17-99, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 80-390 replaced previous provision in Subsec. (c) which had allowed members no compensation but had allowed reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing duties with provision authorizing $50 per diem; P.A. 83-311 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing compensation from $50 to $100 per day; P.A. 87-554 changed “criminal injuries compensation board” to “commission on victim services” and amended Subsec. (c) to specify that expenses are in addition to $100 per diem; P.A. 89-35 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision permitting administrator to make preliminary evaluation and order of compensation not to exceed $2,000; P.A. 91-389 amended Subsec. (d) to replace provision permitting administrator to make preliminary evaluation and order of compensation not to exceed $2,000 with provision permitting administrator to make a preliminary evaluation of an application; P.A. 92-153 increased members from three to five, required that one member have at least five years' experience in delivery of victim services and one member have at least five years' experience in insurance handling personal injury claims, deleted restriction specifying that members must never have been victims themselves or be related to a victim, added provisions re expiration of terms of members on September 30, 1992, appointment of members as of October 1, 1992, and re term length, revised provision re compensation of members and appeals panel, and changed “administrator” to “executive director”; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-310 extensively revised section, changing “members of the commission” to “victim compensation commissioners”, providing for chief victim compensation commissioner, authorizing appointment of temporary victim compensation commissioners, replacing provision authorizing reimbursement for expenses and payment of $100 per day with set compensation of $125 per day and deleting prior provisions re hearing officers, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 17-99 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Sec. 54-233 with reference to Sec. 54-218.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 54 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 968 - Victim Services

Section 54-201. - Definitions.

Section 54-202. - Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation.

Section 54-202a. - Executive director. Appointment; term; salary; duties. Deputy director of compensation. Deputy director of victim services.

Section 54-203. - Office of Victim Services established. Powers and duties.

Section 54-204. - Application for compensation services. Report and examination. Confidential information.

Section 54-205. - Evaluation of application. Determination. Request for review by compensation commissioner.

Section 54-205a. - Discontinuance of debt collection efforts upon receipt of notice of pending claim from Office of Victim Services.

Section 54-206. - Payment of attorneys as part of order. Payment of providers by attorney representing the victim.

Section 54-207. - Regulations to prescribe procedures.

Section 54-207a. - Chief Court Administrator to prescribe policies and procedures.

Section 54-208. - Order of payment of compensation. Criminal intent. Circumstances considered. Prosecution not necessary. Amount and manner of payments. Unclaimed award.

Section 54-209. - When compensation may be ordered. Order inadmissible in civil or criminal proceeding.

Section 54-210. - Compensation ordered for expenses, loss of earnings, pecuniary loss and other losses.

Section 54-211. - Time limitation on filing application for compensation. Restrictions on award of compensation. Amount of compensation.

Section 54-211a. - Appeal.

Section 54-212. - Office of Victim Services to have subrogated cause of action against person responsible for crime.

Section 54-213. - Award not subject to execution or attachment.

Section 54-214. - Annual report to legislature and to appropriations committee.

Section 54-215. - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Section 54-216. - Payment for services.

Section 54-217. - Expedited processing of a claim.

Section 54-218. - Profits derived as result of crime of violence. Recovery of money judgment by victim. Payment to Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Section 54-219. - Victim Services Technical Assistance Fund.

Section 54-220. - Victim advocates. Responsibilities and duties. Access to police reports.

Section 54-220a. - Assignment of victim advocates to assist victims before Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Section 54-221. - Appointment of advocates for victims of crime by court.

Section 54-222. - Brochure re rights of victims and victim services. Notice concerning services for victims of human trafficking.

Section 54-222a. - Duty of peace officer regarding crime victim. Regulations.

Section 54-223. - Failure to afford rights to victim shall not constitute grounds for vacating conviction or voiding sentence or parole determination.

Section 54-224. - Liability of state re failure to afford rights to victim.

Section 54-225. - Voluntary program for lawyers for protection of persons injured in person or property by civil wrong.

Section 54-226. - Definitions.

Section 54-227. - Notification of Office of Victim Services and Victim Services Unit within Department of Correction by inmate or sexual offender seeking release or other relief.

Section 54-228. - Request by victim, immediate family member of victim or family member of inmate for notification.

Section 54-229. - Request by prosecuting authority for notification.

Section 54-230. - Notification of victims and other persons by Office of Victim Services when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief or is released from a correctional institution.

Section 54-230a. - Notification of victims and other persons by Department of Correction when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief.

Section 54-231. - Notification of Office of Victim Services by Department of Correction upon release of inmate. Access to criminal history record information.

Section 54-232. - Disposition of requests for notification received prior to April 1, 1992.

Section 54-233. - Compensation of victim of tort occurring prior to July 1, 1993.

Section 54-234. - Development of response system for victims of offense of trafficking in persons. Contracts.

Section 54-234a. - Display of notice re services for victims of human trafficking at certain public and private establishments and businesses. Penalty.

Section 54-235. - State-wide automated victim information and notification system.