915.94 Victim compensation fund.
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 section 915.41 and this subchapter. In addition, the department may use moneys from the fund for the purpose of the department’s prosecutor-based victim service coordination, including the duties defined in sections 910.3 and 910.6 and this chapter, to support the sexual assault forensic examiner program established in section 915.46, 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, to victims under section 710A.2, for reimbursement to the Iowa law enforcement academy for domestic abuse and human trafficking training, and for the support of an automated victim notification system established in section 915.10A. 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 section 710A.6. Notwithstanding section 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
Referred to in §321.210B, 321J.17, 602.8108, 622.69, 805.8A(14)(f), 809.17, 904.809, 915.41
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Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Section 915.3 - Immunity — citizen intervention.
Section 915.10A - Automated victim notification system.
Section 915.11 - Notifications by law enforcement.
Section 915.12 - Registration.
Section 915.13 - Notification by county attorney.
Section 915.14 - Notification by clerk of the district court.
Section 915.15 - Notification by department of justice.
Section 915.16 - Notification by local correctional institutions.
Section 915.17 - Notification by department of corrections.
Section 915.17A - Notification by judicial district department of correctional services.
Section 915.18 - Notification by board of parole.
Section 915.19 - Notification by the governor.
Section 915.20 - Presence of victim counselors.
Section 915.20A - Victim counselor privilege.
Section 915.21 - Victim impact statement.
Section 915.22 - Civil injunction to restrain harassment or intimidation of victims or witnesses.
Section 915.23 - Employment discrimination against witnesses prohibited.
Section 915.24 - Notification of victim of juvenile by juvenile court officer.
Section 915.25 - Right to review complaint against juvenile.
Section 915.26 - Victim impact statement by victim of juvenile.
Section 915.27 - Sexual assault by juvenile.
Section 915.28 - Restitution for delinquent acts of juvenile.
Section 915.29 - Notification of victim of juvenile by department of human services.
Section 915.35 - Child victim services.
Section 915.36 - Protection of child victim’s privacy.
Section 915.36A - Minor prosecuting witness — pretrial contact.
Section 915.37 - Guardian ad litem for prosecuting child witnesses.
Section 915.41 - Medical examination costs.
Section 915.42 - Right to HIV-testing of convicted or alleged assailant.
Section 915.43 - Testing, reporting, and counseling — penalties.
Section 915.44 - Polygraph examinations of victims or witnesses — limitations.
Section 915.45 - Notice to victims of discharge of persons committed.
Section 915.46 - Sexual assault forensic examiner program.
Section 915.50 - General rights of domestic abuse and sexual abuse victims.
Section 915.50A - General rights of elder abuse victims.
Section 915.51 - General rights of human trafficking victims.
Section 915.52 - Protective order victim notification system.
Section 915.53 - Automated tracking system — sexual abuse evidence collection kits.
Section 915.81 - Award of compensation.
Section 915.82 - Crime victim assistance board.
Section 915.83 - Duties of department.
Section 915.84 - Application for compensation.
Section 915.85 - Compensation payable.
Section 915.86 - Computation of compensation.
Section 915.87 - Reductions and disqualifications.
Section 915.88 - Compensation when money insufficient.
Section 915.89 - Erroneous or fraudulent payment — penalty.
Section 915.90 - Release of information.
Section 915.91 - Emergency payment compensation.
Section 915.92 - Right of action against perpetrator — subrogation.
Section 915.94 - Victim compensation fund.