Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: creating a surcharge to be paid by persons convicted of certain crimes against children and certain crimes against sexual morality to fund services relating to crimes against children, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Children — Protection and services Court — Fee Crime victim Criminal identification and investigation Justice, department of Prostitution Sex crimes
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a surcharge that is paid by any person who commits a sexual
crime against a child or who commits certain crimes related to prostitution or sex
trafficking. Under the bill, a person who is convicted of committing one of those
offenses must pay, in addition to any criminal fine for the offense, a $500 surcharge.
Under the bill, the money collected under the surcharge is used by the Office of Crime
Victim Services in the Department of Justice to provide services to child victims of
sexual exploitation.