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HB 400: "An Act relating to emergency compensation from the Violent Crimes Compensation Board."

00 HOUSE BILL NO. 400 01 "An Act relating to emergency compensation from the Violent Crimes Compensation 02 Board." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 18.67.120 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 18.67.120. Emergency compensation. If it appears to the board, prior to 06 taking action on an application, that the claim is one for which compensation is 07 probable, and undue hardship will result to the applicant if immediate payment is not 08 made, the board may make an emergency award of compensation to the applicant 09 pending a final decision in the case. However, 10 (1) the amount of the emergency compensation may not exceed $3,500 11 [$1,500]; 12 (2) the amount of the emergency compensation shall be deducted from 13 the final compensation made to the applicant; 14 (3) the excess of the amount of the emergency compensation over the

01 final amount shall be repaid by the applicant to the board.