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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 312

CHAPTER 312

(Senate Bill 249)

AN ACT concerning

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Funeral Expenses

FOR the purpose of expanding the authority of the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Board to pay funeral expenses;
authorizing the Board to reimburse certain funeral expenses
of deceased criminal victims; and generally relating to
payment of funeral expenses.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 26A - Criminal Injuries Compensation Act

Section 5

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 26A - Criminal Injuries Compensation Act

5.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to
this article:

(1)  A victim of a crime;

(2)  A surviving spouse or child of a victim of a
crime who died as a direct result of such crime;

(3)  Any other person dependent for principal support
upon a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such

crime;

(4)  Any person who is injured or killed while trying
to prevent a crime or an attempted crime from occurring in his
presence or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a
crime in his presence or had, in fact, committed a felony;

(5)  A surviving spouse or child of any person who
dies as a direct result of trying to prevent a crime or an
attempted crime from occurring in his presence or trying to
apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or
had, in fact, committed a felony;

(6)  Any other person dependent for his principal
support upon any person who dies as a direct result of trying to