PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-11 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, the State Administrative Board of Election Laws does hereby certify that at
the General Election held in the State of Maryland on November 8, 1994, an Act known
as Chapter 102 of the Acts of 1994 was submitted to the voters of the State of Maryland
under the provisions of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Maryland, said Act
being as follows:

AN ACT concerning

Declaration of Rights - Victim's Rights

For the purpose of adding a new article to the Maryland Declaration of Rights
establishing that a victim of crime has a constitutional right to be treated with
dignity, respect, and sensitivity during all phases of the criminal justice process;
establishing that a victim of crime has a constitutional right to be informed of the
rights established in this Amendment and, under certain circumstances, to be
notified of, to attend, and to be heard at the criminal justice proceeding, as these
rights are implemented and certain terms are specified by law; providing that
nothing in this Amendment permits any civil cause of action for monetary damages
for violation of any of its provisions or authorizes a victim of crime to take any
action to stay a criminal justice proceeding; and submitting this Amendment to the
qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

And it is hereby certified that at said election, 1,072,914 votes were cast for the
adoption of said Chapter 102 and 87,861 votes were cast against the adoption of said
Chapter 102, the said Chapter 102 of the Acts of 1994 has therefore been ratified.

GIVEN Under My Hand and the Great Seal of Maryland, Done at the City of
Annapolis, this 7th day of December, In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Ninety-four.

(Seal of State
Administrative Board of
Election Laws)

Gene M. Raynor
Administrator

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