1631330. (A) When the director determines that “Section projected revenue in any fiscal year will be insufficient to pay projected claims or awards in the amounts provided herein pursuant to the provisions of this article, he shall reduce the amount of all claims or awards by an amount equal to the ratio of projected revenue to the total projected claims or awards cost. When these reductions are required, the director shall inform the public through the media of the reductions as promptly as possible. The reductions apply to all claims or awards not paid as of the effective date of the reductions order. (B) Any award hereunder is specifically not a claim against the State if it cannot be paid due to a lack of funds in the Victim’s Victim Compensation Fund.” N. Section 1631340 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 1631340. (A) A claimant may be represented by an “Section attorney in proceedings under this article. Fees for such attorney must be paid from the Victim Attorneys’ fees Victim’s Compensation Fund, subject to the approval of the Director director, except that in the event of an appeal pursuant to Section 1631140, fees are subject to the approval of the Board board or its attorneys’ panel hearing the appeal. Attorneys for the South Carolina State Accident Fund within the Office of the Attorney General shall represent the South Carolina Compensation Fund Victim’s Department of Crime Victim Compensation in proceedings under this article. (B) Any person who receives any fee or other consideration or any gratuity on account of services so rendered, unless such the consideration or gratuity is approved by the Deputy Director deputy director, or who makes it a business to solicit employment for a lawyer or for himself in respect to any claim or award for compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction must for each offense, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.” O. Section 1631350 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: 1631350. (A) The State must ensure that a victim of “Section criminal sexual conduct in any degree, criminal sexual conduct with a minor in any degree, or child sexual abuse must not bear the cost of his or her routine medicolegal exam following the assault.
“Section 1631330. (A) When the director determines that projected revenue in any fiscal year will be insufficient to pay projected claims or awards in the amounts provided herein pursuant to the provisions of this article, he shall reduce the amount of all claims or awards by an amount equal to the ratio of projected revenue to the total projected claims or awards cost. When these reductions are required, the director shall inform the public through the media of the reductions as promptly as possible. The reductions apply to all claims or awards not paid as of the effective date of the reductions order. (B) Any award hereunder is specifically not a claim against the State if it cannot be paid due to a lack of funds in the Victim’s Victim Compensation Fund.” N. Section 1631340 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 1631340. (A) A claimant may be represented by an attorney in proceedings under this article. Fees for such attorney Attorneys’ fees must be paid from the Victim’s Victim Compensation Fund, subject to the approval of the Director director, except that in the event of an appeal pursuant to Section 1631140, attorneys’ fees are subject to the approval of the Board board or its panel hearing the appeal. Attorneys for the South Carolina State Accident Fund within the Office of the Attorney General shall represent the South Carolina Victim’s Compensation Fund Department of Crime Victim Compensation in proceedings under this article. (B) Any person who receives any fee or other consideration or any gratuity on account of services so rendered, unless such the consideration or gratuity is approved by the Deputy Director deputy director, or who makes it a business to solicit employment for a lawyer or for himself in respect to any claim or award for compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction must for each offense, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.” O. Section 1631350 of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “Section 1631350. (A) The State must ensure that a victim of criminal sexual conduct in any degree, criminal sexual conduct with a minor in any degree, or child sexual abuse must not bear the cost of his or her routine medicolegal exam following the assault.
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