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2014 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Peace
Co-Patron(s): Dance, Lingamfelter
Additional Funding for Victim-Witness Fund

Item 389 #2h

Item 389 #2h

First Year - FY2015 Second Year - FY2016
Public Safety
Criminal Justice Services, Department of FY2015 $500,000 FY2016 $500,000 GF

Language
Page 322, line 25, strike "$80,360,071" and insert "$80,860,071".
Page 322, line 25, strike "$80,360,071" and insert "$80,860,071".
Page 323, line 16, strike the first "$3,135,000" and insert "$3,635,000".
Page 323, line 16, strike the second "$3,135,000" and insert "$3,635,000".


Explanation
(This amendment provides additional general fund support to the Department of Criminal Justice Services to augment the amounts provided for the Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund. The fund supports local Crime Victim-Witness programs. Those programs provide victims with counseling, financial and other services, facilitate understanding about law enforcement and criminal justice processes, educate victims about future crime prevention activities, reduce the time and money lost by witnesses in criminal cases, and assist victims in using their right to be heard by attorneys for the Commonwealth and judges.)