Notes

1. LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 15:571.12 (West 2002); N.J. STAT. ANN. § 9:6-6 (West 2001).

2. This method of creating the VOCA Fund was initially called for as part of the 1982 Final Report of the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime. The task force stated that “it is appropriate that these monies collected as a result of criminal activity be used to help victims.” President's Task Force on Victims of Crime, Final Report, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, December 1982:6.

3. VA. CODE ANN. § 19.2-11.3 (Michie 2001).

4. MASS. ANN. LAWS ch. 258B, § 8 (Law. Coop. 2002).

5. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. §§ 56.55, .541 (Vernon 2002).

6. WASH. REV. CODE § 7.68.035 (2002).

7. ALA. CODE § 15-23-17 (2001).

8. Conversation with Steve Eckstrom, Washington State Office of Crime Victims Advocacy, August 1999. The difficulty in calculating the amount of funds resulting from the surcharge is principally due to two factors: the money is retained at the local level, and collection of the money is uncertain during the offender's incarceration.

9. Telephone interview with Wendy Lohr Hopp, Victims Services Section, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (July 17, 2000).

10. Crime Victims' Compensation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General, 1999 Annual Report, 5, 12.

11. 730 ILL. COMP. STAT. 5/5-9-1.8 (2001).

12. IND. CODE ANN. § 33-19-6-12 (Michie 2001).

13. For example, CAL. PENAL CODE §§ 266k, 288 (Deering 2001).

14. For example, NEV. REV. STAT. ANN. § 200.485 (Michie 2001); WIS. STAT. § 973.055 (2001).

15. CAL. PENAL CODE § 243 (Deering 2001).

16. FLA. STAT. ch. 741.30 (2001); IDAHO CODE § 39-6312 (Michie
2001).

17. If the victim and offender are family members, the fine is divided between the Sexual Assault Services and the Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Funds. 730 ILCS 5/591.7 (2001).

18. IOWA CODE § 692A.6 (2002).

19. For example, COLO. REV. STAT. § 18-21-103 (2001); TENN. CODE ANN. § 39-13-709 (2001).

20. CAL. PENAL CODE § 288a (Deering 2001).

21. MINN. STAT. § 609.3241 (2001).

22. S.C. CODE ANN. § 43-35-80 (Law. Coop. 2001).

23. IOWA CODE § 714.16A (West 2002).

24. CAL. PENAL CODE § 422.95 (Deering 2001).

25. ARIZ. REV. STAT. §§ 31-411, -418, -466 (2001).

26. COLO. REV. STAT. § 17-27-104 (2001); S.C. CODE ANN. § 24-3-40 (Law. Coop. 2001); UTAH CODE ANN. § 63-63a-4 (2001).

27. For example, FLA. STAT. ANN. ch. 960.0025 (Harrison 2001).

28. N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 188-F:31 (2000).

29. N.Y. CRIM. PROC. LAW § 420.35 (Consol. 2002).

30. 18 PA. CONS. STAT. § 11.1101 (2001).

31. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN.art. 56.59 (Vernon 2002).

32. For example, CAL. PENAL CODE § 1203.1d (Deering 2001); COLO. REV. STAT. § 24-4.1-119 (2001).

33. CONN. GEN. STAT. § 7-73 (2001).

34. IND. CODE ANN. §§ 33-17-142, -19-9-2, -19-9-4 (Michie
2001).

35. N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. §§ 173-B:15, 457:29 (2000); MINN. STAT. § 517.08 (2001). Minnesota's $3 fee is used to support supervised visitation centers.

36. OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 2303.201 (Anderson 2001); OR. REV. STAT. § 417.825 (2001).

37. UTAH CODE ANN. § 63-63a-8 (2001).

38. NEV. REV. STAT. § 122.060 (2001).

39. A. Wagner, Marriage License Fees in Nevada Aid Programs for Battered Women, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 12, 2000.

40. OHIO REV. CODE ANN. §§ 2303.201, 3113.34 (Anderson 2001). Telephone interview with Janey Sulser, Crime Victims' Section, Office of Ohio Attorney General (end of June 2000).

41. For example, MINN. STAT. §§ 119A.12, 144.226 (2001).

42. ALASKA STAT. § 18.50.225 (Michie 2001); WASH. REV. CODE ANN. § 70-58-085 (West 2002).

43. 625 ILL.COMP. STAT. 5/6-118 (2001).

44. As examples, see ALA. CODE § 26-16-31 (2001); LA. REV. STAT. ANN. 47:120.35 (West 2002); and VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 32, § 5862b
(2001).

45. For example, COLO. REV. STAT. § 39-22-801 (2001). Virginia has an income tax form checkoff box for its Family and Children's Trust Fund, which funds any programs addressing violence in families. VA. CODE ANN. § 58.1-346.3:1 (Michie 2001).

46. IOWA CODE § 236.15B (2002).

47. ARIZ. REV. STAT. ANN. § 43-613 (2001).

48. Telephone interview with Valerie Roberson, Arizona Department of Economic Security (June 2000).

49. COLO. REV. STAT. § 39-22-801 (2001).

50. Telephone interview with Mary Ann Ganey, Colorado Domestic Abuse Program Fund (July 5, 2000).

51. MONT. CODE ANN. § 15-30-155 (2001).

52. MO. REV. STAT. tit. § 135.550 (2001).

53. NEV. REV. STAT. ANN. § 432.154 (Michie 2001).

54. OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 4503.72 (Anderson 2001).

55. Telephone interview with Ohio courtappointed special advocate/guardian ad litem representative (end of June 2000).

56. UTAH CODE ANN. § 78-46-28 (2001).

57. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 61.003 (Vernon 2002). Crime Victims' Compensation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General, 1999 Annual Report, 5, 12.

58. 55 ILL. COMP. STAT. §§ 80/4, /6 (2001).

59. OHIO REV. CODE ANN. §§ 307.62, 5705.19 (Anderson 2001).

60. CONN. GEN. STAT. § 4-66c (2001).

61. Telephone interview with Mary McInerney, Executive Director, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (July 7, 2000).

62. WASH. REV. CODE §§ 82.64.010, 82.64.020 (2001).

63. M. McCloy, State Takes Steps to Aid Rape Victims; $1 Million Program Will Begin in July, The Arizona Republic, June 14, 2000, at B5.

64. FLA. STAT. ANN. § 212.0306 (West 2001).

65. Law of 1996, LA. REV. STAT. ANN. ch. 49, § 46:2640 (repealed 2001).

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