Sec. 54-209. Compensation ordered, when.
Sec. 54-209. Compensation ordered, when. (a) The Office of Victim Services
or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner may order the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of sections 54-201 to 54-233, inclusive, for
personal injury or death which resulted from: (1) An attempt to prevent the commission
of crime or to apprehend a suspected criminal or in aiding or attempting to aid a police
officer so to do, (2) the commission or attempt to commit by another of any crime as
provided in section 53a-24, (3) the operation of a motor vehicle by another person who
was subsequently convicted with respect to such operation for a violation of subsection
(a) of section 14-224 or of section 14-227a, 53a-56b or 53a-60d, or (4) any crime involving international terrorism as defined in Section 2331 of Title 18 of the United States
Code.
(b) In the absence of conviction, as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection (a)
of this section, the Office of Victim Services or, on review, a victim compensation
commissioner may order payment of compensation under this section if, upon consideration of all circumstances determined to be relevant, the Office of Victim Services or
a victim compensation commissioner, as the case may be, reasonably concludes that
another person has operated a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (a) of section 14-224 or of section 14-227a, 53a-56b or 53a-60d.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of
this section, no act involving the operation of a motor vehicle which results in injury
shall constitute a crime for the purposes of sections 54-201 to 54-233, inclusive, unless
the injuries were intentionally inflicted through the use of the vehicle.
(d) Evidence of an order for the payment of compensation by the Office of Victim
Services or a victim compensation commissioner in accordance with the provisions of
sections 54-201 to 54-233, inclusive, shall not be admissible in any civil proceeding to
prove the liability of any person for such personal injury or death or in any criminal
proceeding to prove the guilt or innocence of any person for any crime.
(P.A. 78-261, S. 9, 17; P.A. 85-529, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-554, S. 8; P.A. 89-49; P.A. 93-310, S. 8, 32; P.A. 95-175, S. 6;
P.A. 97-59, S. 1, 4.)
History: P.A. 85-529 inserted Subsec. indicators and added Subsec. (a)(3) and an exception to Subsec. (b) to authorize
the board to pay compensation for injury or death resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle by another person
subsequently convicted of a violation of Sec. 14-227a, 53a-56b or 53a-60d; P.A. 87-554 changed "board" to "commission";
P.A. 89-49 inserted new Subsec. (b) permitting payment of compensation in absence of conviction if commission reasonably
concludes person operated motor vehicle in violation of Sec. 14-227a, 53a-56b or 53a-60d, relettering former Subsec. (b)
accordingly, and added Subsec. (d) re inadmissibility of order of compensation in civil or criminal proceeding to prove
liability or guilt or innocence of any person; P.A. 93-310 changed "commission" to "office of victim services or, on
review, a victim compensation commissioner", effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-175 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding
references to Sec. 14-224(a); P.A. 97-59 added Subsec. (a)(4) re crime involving international terrorism, effective May
8, 1997.