HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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COUNTY;

(2)  THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT;

(3)  THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, OR FORCE OF ANY

(4)  THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, OR FORCE OF ANY
INCORPORATED CITY OR TOWN;

(5)  THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF OF ANY COUNTY;

(6)  THE OFFICE OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY OF ANY COUNTY;

(7)  THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; OR

(8)  THE OFFICE OF THE STATE PROSECUTOR.

(B)  A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, UPON THE FILING OF A REPORT
OF A VIOLENT CRIME, SHALL PROVIDE TO ANY VICTIM OF THAT CRIMINAL
INCIDENT WRITTEN INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE CRIMINAL INJURIES
COMPENSATION BOARD CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR CRIME VICTIMS.

(C)  A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION IS NOT GROUNDS FOR ANY ACTION, CIVIL OR CRIMINAL, AGAINST
A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 29, 1986.

CHAPTER 181

(House Bill 156)

AN ACT concerning

Jurisdiction - Forfeiture of Motor Vehicles

FOR the purpose of providing for concurrent jurisdiction of the
District Court and the circuit court over a proceeding on a
petition for forfeiture of a motor vehicle under the
Controlled Dangerous Substances subheading of Article 27;
requiring that a petition for the return of certain seized
motor vehicles and for certain bonds be filed in a certain
manner; repealing the requirement that a petition for
forfeiture of a motor vehicle be a petition in equity in the

circuit court; and generally relating to concurrent

jurisdiction for proceeding for the forfeiture of motor
vehicles.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,