PARRIS N. GLENDENING,. Governor                             Ch. 396

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 18, 1995.

CHAPTER 396
(Senate Bill 709)

AN ACT concerning

Courts - Court Costs - Victims of Crime

FOR the purpose of requiring certain persons who have committed certain crimes to pay
certain costs to certain courts; defining certain terms; providing for the deposit of
certain collected court costs into certain funds; providing that the Maryland Victims
of Crime Fund shall be used for certain purposes to benefit certain persons;
imposing an additional court cost on persons who are convicted of certain types of
crimes; requiring that the fees collected under this Act certain fees up to a certain
amount be distributed equally between the Maryland Victims of Crime Fund and
the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund and that the remainder of the fees be
distributed to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; defining certain terms;
prohibiting certain courts from waiving certain court costs under certain
circumstances; extending for a certain period a provision that requires a certain cost to
be imposed in certain types of cases; providing for the termination of certain
provisions of this Act; and generally relating to court costs and victims of crime.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 26A - Criminal Injuries Compensation Act

Section 17

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 764(k)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 7-405

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without with amendments,

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