Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 802 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET KENTUCKY CLAIMS COMMISSION
Chapter 3 - Crime Victims Claims
Section 802 KAR 3:010 - Crime victims compensation
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 12.027, 49.260 - 49.490, 216B.015, 216B.400, EO 2020-708
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: Executive Order 2020-708 ("Order") requires that the Kentucky Claims Commission be abolished and the Office of Claims and Appeals be established to include the Crime Victims Compensation Board. The Order also sets forth the powers and duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board and authorizes the board to promulgate regulations necessary to immediately carry out the provisions and purposes of the Order and the board's statutory authority. KRS 49.300(1) authorizes the Crime Victims Compensation Board to promulgate administrative regulations that are necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 49.270 through 49.490. This administrative regulation establishes procedures for crime victims to file claims for compensation.
Section 1. Definition. "Board" means the Crime Victims Compensation Board.
Section 2. Filing Claims.
Section 3. Kentucky Medical Assistance Program.
Section 4. Attorney's Fees. If a claimant is represented by an attorney and the attorney so requests, the board, may, as a part of any award or by separate order subsequent to the award, allow a reasonable attorney's fee for the filing of a claim and any subsequent proceedings. The fee shall not exceed fifteen (15) percent of the amount of the award, and shall be paid out of the award and not in addition to the award. An attorney, representing a claimant, shall not contract for or receive as a fee any sum larger than fifteen (15) percent of the amount of the award. Any fee contract in violation of this provision shall be void.
Section 5. Incorporation by Reference.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 49.020, 49.300(1)