Ch. 686

LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-829.

(a)  (1) The court may enter a judgment of restitution
against the parent of a child, the child, or both in any case in
which the court finds a child has committed a delinquent act and
during or as a result of the commission of that delinquent act
has:

(i) Stolen, damaged, destroyed, converted,
unlawfully obtained, or substantially decreased the value of the
property of another; or

(ii) Inflicted personal injury on another,
requiring the injured person to incur medical, dental, hospital,
funeral, or burial expenses.

(2)  The court may order the parent of a child, a
child, or both to make restitution to:

(i) The victim;

(ii) Any governmental entity; or

(iii) A third party payor, including an
insurer, that has made payment to the victim to compensate the
victim for a property loss under paragraph (l)(i) of this
subsection or pecuniary loss under [paragraphs (l)(ii) or
(l)(iii)] PARAGRAPH (1) of this subsection.

(3)  (i) Restitution payments to the victim have
priority over restitution payments to a third party payor.

(ii) If the victim has been compensated for the
victim's loss by a third party payor, the court may order
restitution payments to the third party payor in the amount that
the third party payor compensated the victim.

(4)  Payment of restitution to a victim under this
section has priority over payment of restitution to any
governmental entity.

(b)  Considering the age and circumstances of a child, the
court may order the child to make restitution to the wronged
person personally.

(c)  (1) A judgment rendered under this section may not
exceed:

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