STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Stanley
SYNOPSIS
Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act requiring the Victims of Crime Compensation Office to annually report on compensation awarded to crime victims and supplementing chapter 4B of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Attorney General shall direct the Executive Director of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office in the Department of Law and Public Safety to annually submit to the Governor and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) a report summarizing compensation awarded to victims and other information including, but not limited to, applications for compensation, the number of applications granted and denied and the reasons for the dispositions, the amount of awards, demographics concerning awards, services for which awards were provided, funding received by the office, and any other information deemed relevant by the Attorney General and the executive director.
b. The report shall be based on the State fiscal year and shall be completed within six months following the last day of the previous fiscal year.
c. The report shall be published on the official website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill codifies the current policy of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) to issue an annual report summarizing compensation awards granted to eligible victims.
Under the bill, the report is to summarize compensation awarded to victims during the previous fiscal year. The number of applications for compensation, the number of applications granted and denied and the reasons for the dispositions, the amount of awards, demographics concerning awards, services for which awards were provided, funding received by the office, and any other information deemed relevant by the VCCO also is to be included in the report.
The bill requires the report to be completed within six months following the last day of the previous fiscal year.
The report is to be issued to the Governor and the Legislature, as well as made available on the official website of the Department of Law and Public Safety.