49.360 Emergency award pending final decision. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 49.340, if it appears to the Crime Victims Compensation Board member to whom a claim is assigned, prior to taking action upon the claim, that: (a) The claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be made; and (b) Undue hardship will result to the claimant if immediate payment is not made; emergency payment under subsection (2) of this section may be made. (2) Upon findings under subsection (1) of this section, the board member may make an emergency award t o the claimant pending a final decision in the case provided that: (a) The amount of an emergency award shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000); (b) The amount of an emergency award shall be deducted from any final award made to the claimant; and (c) The excess of the amount of an emergency award over the amount of the final award, or the full amount of the emergency award if no final award is made, shall be repaid by the claimant to the board. (3) A decision to make an emergency award pursuant to th is section shall be made within two (2) weeks of the receipt of the claim by the Crime Victims Compensation Board. the claimant to the board. (3) A decision to make an emergency award pursuant to th is section shall be made within two (2) weeks of the receipt of the claim by the Crime Victims Compensation Board. Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2024. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 43, effective June 29, 2021. -- Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2017 Ky. Acts. ch. 74, sec. 36, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 12. Former ly codified as KRS 346.120.
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