Opn. No.

Hon. Barbara A. Leak Formal Opinion Chairperson No. 95-F1 Crime Victims Board 845 Central Avenue, Rm. 107 Albany, N Y 12206-1588

Dear Chairperson Leak:

Your counsel inquires whether compromise or settlement by the Crime Victims Board (the "Board") of the amount of a lien which attaches to proceeds of a recovery, pursuant to Executive Law § 634(2) (the "Ex L"), necessarily constitutes waiver of a lien that might otherwise attach to proceeds of a subsequent recovery or waiver of the State's right of subrogation, set forth in Ex L § 634(1)(a). We conclude that compromise or settlement of the…