(a) Any victim, any person who is responsible for the maintenance or care of the victim and who has incurred expenses as a result of injury to or the death of the victim, and, in the case of the death of the victim, the estate or any dependents of the victim may apply for compensation under the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Every application for compensation under this chapter shall be completed and filed by the applicant with the Executive Secretary in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission within two years after the personal injury or death occurs. Additionally, the Executive Secretary must be notified within ninety days after such injury or death occurs that an application for compensation under this chapter will be filed, and a report of the criminal offense which allegedly caused the injury or death for which compensation is sought under this chapter shall be filed by the victim with the police within twenty-four hours after the offense was committed. If the application, notification, or report is not filed or made within the time prescribed, the applicant shall have the burden of satisfying the Executive Secretary that the delay was justified by extraordinary circumstances. The applicant shall cooperate with the requests of law enforcement authorities.
(c) In any case in which the victim or a dependent of a victim is a child, the application may be filed on his behalf by his parent or guardian; and in any case in which the victim or a dependent of the victim is mentally incompetent the application may be filed on his behalf by his parent, guardian, or such other person authorized to administer his estate.
(d) No more than one application may be filed by or on behalf of any person eligible to file an application under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section; and where more than one application is filed on behalf of two or more dependents of the same victim the Executive Secretary and the Commission shall consolidate the claims and the proceedings thereunder.