1. (a) When a claim is found by the board to be compensable under AS 18.67, the amount of the claim will be determined by the board upon consideration of the following:

   1. (1) the reasonableness of the claim;
   2. (2) the actual costs incurred;
   3. (3) the documentation submitted to substantiate the claim;
   4. (4) the claimant's financial need;
   5. (5) any other compensatory legislation which the board may find is applicable; and
   6. (6) any other factors or circumstances which the board considers relevant.

2. (b) The board will consider equally applications from or on behalf of the following claimants for compensation:

   1. (1) claims from victims of violent crime occurring within this state, regardless of the residency or citizenship of the victim;
   2. (2) claims from victims of violent crime prohibited by federal law occurring within this state;
   3. (3) claims from residents of this state who are victims of violent crime occurring in another state or territory of the United States that does not have a crime victim's compensation program that will compensate the victim; for purposes of this paragraph, a territory of the United States includes the District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
   4. (4) claims from residents of this state who are victims of terrorism in foreign countries or international waters.
   5. (5) claims from residents of this state who are victims of violent crime other than terrorism occurring in a foreign country that does not have a crime victim's compensation program that will compensate the victim.

(Eff. 6/30/73, Register 46; am 12/20/75, Register 56; am 10/29/99, Register 152; am 4/17/2019, Register 230)