HB4162 - Tennessee - Claims Commission, Tennessee

Companion Bill SB2995. Claims Commission, Tennessee - Allows funeral or burial expenses for crime victim where no estate is opened to be reimbursed from the criminal injuries compensation fund if relative of victim actually paid all or part of such expenses; allows victim of hit and run collision to be eligible for compensation from the fund. - Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 13. Fiscal Summary for HB4162 / *SB2995Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $200,000/Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund Bill Summary for HB4162 / *SB2995 Present law authorizes compensation for unreimbursed or unreimbursable funeral or burial expenses to be paid to the legal representative of the estate of a deceased crime victim pursuant to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976. In a case where a deceased crime victim has no estate, but a relative of the victim [...]

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