(a) In determining the amount of compensation to be awarded under this chapter, the commission shall deduct amounts or benefits received or to be received from any source, whether from the offender or from any person on behalf of the offender, or from public or private funds, and which amounts or benefits result from or are in any manner, directly or indirectly, attributable to the injury or death which gave rise to the award; provided that no deduction shall be made for death benefits received or to be received under any insurance policy covering the life of a deceased victim.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-63

  • Commission: means the crime victim compensation commission established by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Injury: means actual bodily harm and, in respect of a victim, includes pregnancy and mental or nervous shock; and "injured" has a corresponding meaning. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Victim: means :

    (1) A person who is injured or killed by any act or omission of any other person coming within the criminal jurisdiction of the State;

    (2) Any resident of the State who is injured or killed in another state by an act or omission of another person, which act or omission is within the description of any of the crimes specified in § 351-32; or

    (3) A person who is a resident of this State who is injured or killed by an act of terrorism occurring outside the United States, as defined in title 18 United States Code § 2331. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2

(b) Where compensation is awarded under this chapter and the person receiving same also receives any sum required to be, and that has not been deducted under subsection (a), the person shall refund to the State the lesser of the sum or the amount of the compensation paid to the person under this chapter.

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