SB 562

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Provides that clerks shall deposit into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (Fund) by November 1 of each year restitution collected for victims who can no longer be identified or located, or state that there is no such restitution to be deposited. The bill requires that clerks record the receipt of restitution payments in the Virginia Supreme Court's automated information system or such other system established and maintained by a circuit court clerk, and that the restitution form used by the court include the victim's contact information, including address, telephone number, and email address. The bill adds to the duties of the Workers' Compensation Commission in its role as administrator of the Fund the obligation to collect and disburse unclaimed restitution owed to such victims that has been deposited into the Fund.