TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 15. Victim Compensation, 17-15-1 through 17-15-16.

ARTICLE 2 DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS OF CRIMES

17-15-3. Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; members; director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

1. There is created the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council created under Chapter 6A of Title 35 shall serve as the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board.
2. The Governor shall appoint the director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(Code 1981, §17-15-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 591, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2426, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1800, § 2; Ga. L. 2014, p. 354, § 1/SB 187.)

The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, deleted former subsection (a), which read: "The five-member Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board in existence on June 30, 1992, is abolished." and redesignated former subsections (b) and (c) as present subsections (a) and (b), respectively.