CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 2965
Chapter 91, Laws of 1998
55th Legislature
1998 Regular Session
CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION
PROGRAM--DESIGNATING SPECIAL ATTORNEYS GENERAL
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98
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Passed by the House February 10,
1998 Yeas 97 Nays 0
 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 3, 1998
Yeas 45 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL
2965 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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Approved March 20, 1998 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 20, 1998 - 5:15 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 2965
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/26/98. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice &
Corrections.
Revising provisions for crime victims' compensation.
AN
ACT Relating to designating special assistant attorneys general for the crime
victims' compensation program; and amending RCW 7.68.050.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
7.68.050 and 1980 c 156 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
No right of action at law for damages incurred as a consequence of a criminal
act shall be lost as a consequence of being entitled to benefits under the
provisions of this chapter. The victim or his beneficiary may elect to seek
damages from the person or persons liable for the claimed injury or death, and
such victim or beneficiary is entitled to the full compensation and benefits
provided by this chapter regardless of any election or recovery made pursuant
to this section.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, the rights, privileges, responsibilities,
duties, limitations, and procedures contained in RCW 51.24.050 through ((51.24.100
as now existing or hereafter amended)) 51.24.110 apply.
(3)
If the recovery involved is against the state, the lien of the department
includes the interest on the benefits paid by the department to or on behalf of
such person under this chapter computed at the rate of eight percent per annum
from the date of payment.
(4)
The 1980 amendments to this section apply only to injuries which occur on or
after April 1, 1980.
Passed the House February 10, 1998.
Passed the Senate March 3, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
March 20, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 20, 1998.