Victims of crime: indemnification: applications.

Existing law provides for the indemnification of victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, subject to specified criteria for, among other things, submission and verification of applications. Existing law requires the board to approve or deny applications, based on recommendations of the board staff, within an average of 90 calendar days and no later than 180 calendar days of acceptance by the board or victim center. Existing law requires the board to report to the Legislature, on a quarterly basis, its progress and its current average time of processing applications if the board does not meet the prescribed 90-day average standard. This bill would define "time of processing applications" for purposes of these provisions and would require the board to post on its Internet Web site, on an annual basis, its progress and current average time of processing applications, the number of applications approved, the number of applications denied, and the number of incomplete applications received.