California Government Code

§ 13952.5

GOV § 13952.5 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 4 · Ch. 5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)An emergency award shall be available to a person eligible for compensation pursuant to this chapter if the board determines that such an award is necessary to avoid or mitigate substantial hardship that may result from delaying compensation until complete and final consideration of an application.

(b)The board shall establish the method for requesting an emergency award, which may include, but need not be limited to, requiring submission of the regular application as provided for in Section 13952.

(c)(1) The board may grant an emergency award based solely on the application of the victim or derivative victim. The board may refuse to grant an emergency award where it has reason to believe that the applicant will not be eligible for compensation under this chapter.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1141, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.