46-18-248. Rights of crime victims compensation and assistance account. (1) Whenever a victim is paid from the crime victims compensation and assistance account established in 53-9-109 for loss arising out of a criminal act, the account is subrogated, to the extent of the account's payment to the victim, to the rights of the victim to any restitution ordered by the court.
     (2) The rights of the crime victims compensation and assistance account are subordinate to the claims of multiple victims who have suffered loss arising out of multiple offenses by the same offender or arising from any transaction that is part of the same continuous scheme of criminal activity of an offender.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 426, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 18, L. 1995.