PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 585

(i) Any award given under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act;

and

(ii) The actual costs of administering the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Act.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This section is transferred from Art. 26A, § 17A of the
Code.

There are no changes.                                                                       

832. CRIMINAL INCIDENT REPORT.

(a)     As used in this section "law-enforcement agency" means the following:

(1)     The Department of State Police;

(2)     The Baltimore City Police Department;

(3)     The police department, bureau, or force of any county;

(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.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This section is transferred from Art. 26A, § 18 of the Code.

The only change is in style.

833. RESERVED.

834. RESERVED.

VICTIMS AND WITNESSES - SERVICES

VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION AND RELOCATION PROGRAM
[770.] 835. VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION AND RELOCATION PROGRAM
(a) There is a Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program.

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