Section 780.907 - Disbursements for crime victim's rights services; priority; financial incentive programs; administrative costs. - Michigan Statutes

CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS SERVICES (EXCERPT)
Act 196 of 1989

780.907 Disbursements for crime victim's rights services; priority; financial incentive programs; administrative costs.

Sec. 7.

(1) The department shall direct and authorize the state treasurer in writing to disburse money from the fund to pay for crime victim's rights services as required under this act. The department may direct and authorize the state treasurer in writing to disburse money from the fund to pay for crime victims' compensation as provided in section 4(2).

(2) The department shall make the implementation of crime victim's rights a priority, and may develop financial incentive programs to enhance the delivery of crime victim's rights services under this act.

(3) The department shall make disbursements under this act to the treasurer of a unit of government, and the treasurer shall transmit that money to courts, departments, and local agencies within that unit of government as the department directs. The department may withhold a distribution to a unit of government until the treasurer of that unit of government has distributed all previous disbursements made by the department to courts, departments, and local agencies within that unit of government.

(4) The department shall receive disbursements for its administrative costs as authorized by appropriation.

History: 1989, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 345, Eff. May 1, 1994