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Code · Massachusetts · Part III — COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES · Title IV — CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES · Chapter 258C

Section 4: Division of victim compensation and assistance; program director; powers and duties

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[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2025. For text effective July 1, 2025, see below.]
Section 4.
(a)The division of victim compensation and assistance shall administer the provisions of this chapter. Subject to appropriation, the attorney general shall designate a program director of said division. Said program director may appoint and remove, subject to the approval of the attorney general, such investigative, legal and clerical or other staff as the work of the division requires.
(b)The program director shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to chapter thirty A as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(c)The program director shall be authorized to apply for and receive sums which may be transmitted to the victim compensation fund maintained by the treasurer and for any other such funds as may become available to administer the requirements of this chapter.
Chapter 258C: Section 4. Administration of chapter; promulgation of rules and regulations; sums required to administer requirements
[ Text of section as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138. For text effective until July 1, 2025, see above.]
Section 4. Section 4.
(a)The agency shall administer the provisions of this chapter. The director may appoint and remove such investigative, legal, clerical or other staff as the work of the agency requires.
(b)The director may promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 30A as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(c)The director may apply for and receive sums which may be transmitted to the victim compensation fund maintained by the treasurer and for any other funds as may become available to administer the requirements of this chapter.
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