TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Ellen Karcher and Loretta Weinberg which creates the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency (VCCA) within the Department of the Treasury was signed into law today by Governor Jon Corzine.
The VCCA will be comprised of five unpaid members, each being appointed to a three-year term. Currently, the members of the Victims of Crime Compensation Board (VCCB) receive salaries of $110,000 and are eligible for tenure after serving 10 years.
TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Ellen Karcher and Loretta Weinberg which would create the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency (VCCA) within the Department of the Treasury was unanimously approved today by the full Senate.
“Helping victims of violent crime must be this agency’s priority,” said Senator Karcher, D-Mercer and Monmouth. “In the past, the Victims of Crime Compensation Board was used as more of a political patronage spot than a relief board. This legislation would work to make sure that victims of crime receive the funding and support they need to allow them to move forward.”
TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Ellen Karcher and Loretta Weinberg which would create the Victims of Crime Compensation Agency (VCCA) within the Department of the Treasury was unanimously approved today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.
“Historically, the Victims of Crime Compensation Board has been a political patronage spot, but this bill would serve as a step in the right direction toward returning the Board to its original mission – helping the victims of violent crime,” said Senator Karcher, D-Monmouth and Mercer.
TRENTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a bill, sponsored by Senator Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, that would streamline a State board designed to provide financial awards to crime victims.
“This bill (S-218) will re-focus a good agency that got out of shape in middle age,” said Senator Weinberg. “”We want to ensure that victims of crime get the attention they deserve.”