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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Arreguín</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 13951 of the Government Code, relating to victim’s compensation. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Victim’s compensation.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law generally provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered because of those crimes, including emotional injuries if the crime was a violation of specified provisions. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of these provisions.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions that define terms for purposes of the provisions described above pursuant to which victims may seek compensation for losses suffered because of crime.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 13951 of the
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<html:p>As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Board” means the California Victim Compensation Board.
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(b)
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(1)
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“Crime” means a crime or public offense, wherever it may take place, that would constitute a misdemeanor or a felony if the crime had been committed in California by a competent adult.
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(2)
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“Crime” includes an act of terrorism, as defined in Section 2331 of Title 18 of the United States Code, committed against a resident of the state, whether or not the act occurs within the state.
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(c)
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“Derivative victim” means an individual who sustains
pecuniary loss as a result of injury to or death
of a victim.
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(d)
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“Law enforcement” means every district attorney, municipal police department, sheriff’s department, district attorney’s office, county probation department, and social services agency, the Department of Justice, the Department of Corrections, the Department of the Youth Authority, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the police department of any campus of the University of California, California State University, or community college, and every agency of the State of California expressly authorized by statute to investigate or prosecute law violators.
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(e)
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“Pecuniary loss” means an economic loss or expense resulting from an injury to or death
of a victim of crime that has not been and will not be reimbursed from any other source.
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(f)
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“Peer counseling” means counseling offered by a provider of mental health counseling services who has completed a specialized course in rape crisis counseling skills development, participates in continuing education in rape crisis counseling skills development, and provides rape crisis counseling within the State of California.
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(g)
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“Victim” means an individual who sustains injury or death as a direct result of a crime as specified in subdivision (e) of Section 13955.
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(h)
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“Victim center” means a victim and witness assistance center that receives funds pursuant to Section 13835.2 of the Penal Code.
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