S 0794 General Bill, By N.A. Theodore, H.A. Chapman, I.E. Lourie, H.E. McDonald, 
D.S. Rushing and J.V. Smith
 A Bill to amend Article 13, Chapter 3, Title 16, Code of Laws of South
 Carolina, 1976, relating to the compensation of victims of crime, the South
 Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund, and the South Carolina Crime Victim's
 Advisory Board, so as to provide that appeals from initial decisions under the
 Article shall be made to the Board or a panel of the Board rather than to an
 Industrial Commissioner, to expand the membership of the Board and provide for
 the terms and qualifications of the additional members, to authorize
 reciprocity agreements with other states which have similar Victim's
 Compensation Programs, to revise certain criteria pertaining to the
 eligibility for and amount of the awards to victims of crime, to provide that
 the interest accruing on the monies held in the Victim's Compensation Fund
 shall be used on an annual basis for the purpose of funding a State
 Victim/Witness Assistance Program, and to make other necessary revisions in
 the Article to accomplish the above; and to amend Chapter 3, Title 16 of the
 1976 Code relating to crimes and offenses by adding Article 14 so as to
 establish a State Victim/Witness Assistance Program.
   02/14/84  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-628
   02/14/84  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-629
   04/25/84  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary SJ-1520
   05/10/84  Senate Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary SJ-1784