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Venereal Disease SEE Diseases
Veterans —

Calvert County -
Discharge of firearms at organized shooting events conducted by
veterans' organizations, provisions added..................................... 282 1812

Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, bond funds for academic building,
reduced ............................................................................................... 125 1436

Commission, appropriation to...............................................................          13 728

907

Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, bond funds for.......................... 125 1413

1436

Home Commission, appropriation to ...................................................          13 728

Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington
National Cemetery, bond funds for .................................................. 314 1877

World War II Memorial Commission, bond funds for memorial ....... 125 1412

Veterinarians —

Ferrets, rabies vaccination and quarantine and removal from list of
wild animals, provisions added .......................................................... 684 3857

Veterinary Medical Examiners, State Board of, appropriation to .....          13 799

Victims —

SEE ALSO Criminal Injuries Compensation; Domestic Violence

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Violence Prevention, State
Center for, recognition, and operation of violence prevention
program, provisions added ................................................................ 594 3418

Court costs for defendants convicted of traffic offenses and
distribution to Victims of Crime Fund and Criminal Injuries

Compensation Fund, termination date of provisions repealed ....... 623 3579

641 3652

Harford County -
Sexual Assault/Spousal Abuse Resource Center, bond funds for a

shelter for victims ........................................................................... 122 1405

Insurance fraud, expanded to include soliciting a person injured in an
auto accident to sue or hire a lawyer to sue or to seek care from a
health care practitioner; Insurance Fraud Unit required to notify
appropriate professional licensing boards of insurance fraud and
gross overutilization of health care services ..................................... 348 2262

Maryland Victims of Crime Fund and Victim and Witness Protection
and Relocation Program, additional district and circuit court costs
imposed for FY 1997 and credited or transferred to ...................... 598 3433

Notification of rights, services, and proceedings during criminal
justice process, procedures established ............................................ 641 3652

Parole release hearings, oral testimony of victims of violent crime,
provisions added................................................................................. 573 3247

Solicitation by attorneys of clients concerning a civil action relating to
an accident or disaster or to a criminal prosecution or prosecution
of a traffic offense, restrictions added.............................................. 669 3803

Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Fund -

Appropriation to ................................................................................          13 946

Established and funding provided; Criminal Injuries Compensation

Fund, funding provided ................................................................. 587 3397

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