00Enrolled SB 266                                                                                                         
01 Relating to emergency compensation from the Violent Crimes Compensation Board.                                          
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03    * Section 1. AS 18.67.120 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 18.67.120. Emergency compensation. If it appears to the board, prior to                               
05       taking action on an application, that the claim is one for which compensation is                                  
06       probable, and undue hardship will result to the applicant if immediate payment is not                             
07       made, the board may make an emergency award of compensation to the applicant                                      
08       pending a final decision in the case. However,                                                                    
09                 (1)  the amount of the emergency compensation may not exceed $5,000                                 
10       [$1,500];                                                                                                         
11                 (2)  the amount of the emergency compensation shall be deducted from                                    
12       the final compensation made to the applicant;                                                                     
13                 (3)  the excess of the amount of the emergency compensation over the                                    

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