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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Committee Approved)

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Wrongful Incarceration Compensation

Item 277 #1h

Item 277 #1h

First Year - FY2023 Second Year - FY2024
Finance
Department of the Treasury FY2023 $91,509 FY2024 $0 GF

Language
Page 279, line 15, strike "$54,760,083" and insert "$54,851,592".

Page 280, strike lines 11 through 19 and insert:

"H. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $1,076,115 the first year from the general fund for the relief of Mr. Lamar Barnes pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia. Of this amount, $15,000 shall be deducted from this award total and repaid to the Criminal Fund under the provisions provided in subsection C. of § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia.

I. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $1,483,342 the first year from the general fund as a lump sum for the relief of Mr. Joseph Carter pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia. Of this amount, $15,000 shall be deducted from this award total and repaid to the Criminal Fund under the provisions provided in subsection C. of § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia.

J. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $289,068 the first year from the general fund as a lump sum for the relief of Mr. Paul Jonas Crum, Jr. pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia.

K. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $1,247,973 the first year from the general fund for the relief of Mr. Bobbie James Morman, Jr. pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia. Of this amount, $15,000 shall be deducted from this award total and repaid to the Criminal Fund under the provisions provided in subsection C. of § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia.

L. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $1,699,274 the first year from the general fund as a lump sum for the relief of Mr. Emerson Eugene Stevens pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia. Of this amount, $15,000 shall be deducted from this award total and repaid to the Criminal Fund under the provisions provided in subsection C. of § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia.

M. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $408,205 the first year from the general fund for the relief of Mr. Jervon Tillman pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia. Of this amount, $15,000 shall be deducted from this award total and repaid to the Criminal Fund under the provisions provided in subsection C. of § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia.

N. Out of the amounts for this item shall be paid $343,232 the first year from the general fund for the relief of Mr. Eric Weakley pursuant to § 8.01-195.11 of the Code of Virginia."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $91,509 the first year from the general fund for one-time wrongful incarceration relief payments to the seven exonerees listed herein. This additional amount, when combined with the $6,455,700 included for wrongful incarceration payments in House Bill 30, provides a total of $6,547,209 for these seven payments. Total amounts owed to exonerees are based on changes to the compensation formula as provided in House Bill 397.)