Ch. 312 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

to disclose the results to an organization to protect the health and safety of, or to
seek compensation for certain purposes; requiring the Patuxent Board of Review to
give a victim a reasonable opportunity to present oral testimony in a certain manner
before the Board decides whether to grant work release, leave status, or parole to
an eligible person; increasing the circumstances under which a victim may request
that an inmate be prohibited from having any contact with the victim; requiring a
hearing examiner or member of the Maryland Parole Commission to consider
certain factors before entering into a predetermined parole release agreement;
requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to notify a
victim of a violent crime, at the victim's request, of certain events involving the
person convicted of the violent crime; adding the issuance of a warrant or subpoena
for an alleged violation of parole or mandatory supervision to the types of events of
which a victim must be notified; specifying that the provisions relating to
confidentiality of juvenile records does not prohibit a victim who has filed a
notification request form from being notified of certain proceedings involving the
defendant; prohibiting the court after a defendant has been found incompetent to
stand trial from dismissing a charge without providing the State's Attorney and a
victim who has filed a notification request form advance notice and an opportunity
to be heard; making certain stylistic, technical, and conforming changes;
establishing and altering certain definitions; and generally relating to victims' rights
in criminal and juvenile proceedings.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 461A, 616 1/2(k), 700G, 760, 762, 763, 768 through 770, 772 through, 774,
775(f)(2), 776(c), 776, 780, 781, 784, 786, 787, 791, 792(b), 799, 800, 806, 807,
809 through 812, 815(d) and (f), 825(e)(2), 837(f), 842(b)(7), 854(k), and 855

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 771, 780A, 783A, 788, 789, and 805A 805A and 857

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 808

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 19 - Comptroller
Section 43

Annotated Code of Maryland

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