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VETOES

(F)     IF A COMMITMENT ORDER IS ISSUED AFTER A VICTIM HAS FILED A
NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, THE
CLERK SHALL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM WITH THE
COMMITMENT ORDER.

(G)    IF AN APPEAL IS FILED IN A CASE IN WHICH A VICTIM HAS FILED A
NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, THE
CLERK SHALL SEND A COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COURT TO WHICH THE CASE HAS BEEN APPEALED.

(H) AT ANY TIME AFTER FILING A NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM UNDER
SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, A VICTIM MAY ELECT NOT TO RECEIVE ANY
FURTHER NOTICES BY FILING A WRITTEN REQUEST WITH:

(1)     IF THE CASE IS STILL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE JUVENILE
COURT, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY; OR

(2)     IF A COMMITMENT ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED IN THE CASE, THE
DEPARTMENT OR FACILITY SPECIFIED IN THE COMMITMENT ORDER TO WHICH THE
DEFENDANT HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

(I) THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT A VICTIM FROM FILING A
NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM WITH A DEPARTMENT OR FACILITY TO WHICH A
DEFENDANT HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

Article - State Government

9-1701.

(a)     In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Board" means the State Board of Victim Services.

(c)     [(1)] "Crime" means an act that is committed by any person in the State that
would constitute a crime under Article 27 of the Code or at common law.

[(2) "Crime" does not include any act that involves the operation of a vessel
or motor vehicle that results in injury, unless the injuries were intentionally inflicted
through the use of the vessel or motor vehicle.]

(d)     "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Governor's Office
of [Justice Administration] CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

(e)     "Fund" means the Maryland Victims of Crime Fund established under Article
27, § 764 of the Code.

(f)     "Victim" means an individual who suffers [personal injury or death] DIRECT
OR THREATENED PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR FINANCIAL HARM as a direct result of a
crime, INCLUDING A FAMILY MEMBER OF A MINOR, INCOMPETENT, OR HOMICIDE
VICTIM.

(g)     "Victim Services Coordinator" means the person who is appointed under the
provisions of § 9-1708 of this subtitle.

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