South Carolina Code 63-19-480. Compensation of victims of crime fund
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-19-480
- Court: means the family court. See South Carolina Code 63-19-20
- Department: means the Department of Juvenile Justice. See South Carolina Code 63-19-20
- juvenile: means a person less than eighteen years of age. See South Carolina Code 63-19-20
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
There is created a fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice for the compensation of victims of crime. All contributions deducted from a juvenile‘s wages pursuant to § 63-19-450(E)(3) or 63-19-460(C)(3) must be deposited into this fund. Of the amount contributed to the fund by each juvenile, ninety-five percent must be paid by the department on behalf of the juvenile as restitution to the victim or victims of the juvenile’s adjudicated crime as ordered by the family court or the releasing entity, and five percent must be submitted to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund. If the amount of restitution ordered has been paid in full or if there is no victim of the juvenile’s adjudicated crime, the juvenile’s contributions must be submitted to the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Compensation, Victim Compensation Fund.