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Court Costs -
Additional costs imposed for FY 1997 and credited to the

Maryland Victims of Crime Fund ................................................. 598 3433

Increased, and distribution altered; Victim and Witness Protection
and Relocation Fund, established and funding provided;

Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund, funding provided ........... 587 3397

588 3400
Judges -

Number increased in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City ..          15 1003

Salary increased ................................................................................ JR1 3881

JR2 3882
Jurisdiction -

Costs and interest excluded from amounts in controversy when

determining jurisdiction ................................................................. 198 1626

Unlawful possession of credit card numbers, jurisdiction over

persons charged with, provisions added ....................................... 649 3681

Medical, dental, and hospital records and writings, admissibility in

district court civil trials, provisions added........................................ 554 3126

Somerset County -

Enforcement and prosecution of county ordinances as infractions,

county commissioners authorized to provide for ......................... 458 2794

Tolls, failure to pay at electronically operated toll collection facilities,

liability and penalties, provisions added ........................................... 219 1671

District of Columbia —

Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District, Commission to Study,
established, and boundaries in relation to Prince George's County
modified; county collection of delinquent metropolitan district

taxes, provisions altered..................................................................... 485 2884

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -
Appointment process of board members by District of Columbia,
altered, and technical and stylistic changes made; Washington

Metropolitan Area Transit Zone expanded ................................. 489 2894

Fare or rate hikes or service reductions, public hearing and notice

requirements, altered ..................................................................... 686 3861

Ownership of reversionary fee simple estate of leasehold estates,
prerequisite for conversion of leasehold estates into

condominiums, provisions added ................................................... 483 2880

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge and Tunnel Compact, District of
Columbia included as signatory; establishment of independent
Authority to assume ownership of bridge and finance, construct,
and operate new bridge, issuance of bonds, and toll limitations,

provisions added................................................................................. 599 3434

Docks SEE Piers and Docks
Dogs SEE Animals
Domestic Relations SEE Family Law
Domestic Servants —

Minimum earnings required to be covered under workers'
compensation, provisions altered ...................................................... 207 1647

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