PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 313

(d) The Central Collection Unit shall deliver the net proceeds of collections from
defendants OR LIABLE PARENTS in arrears on restitution payments to the Division of
Parole and Probation OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE to be forwarded by
the Division OR DEPARTMENT to the victim or other appropriate person or agency in
accordance with the order JUDGMENT of restitution.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 313
(Senate Bill 174)

AN ACT concerning

Courts - Court Costs - Victims of Crime

FOR the purpose of increasing the amount of additional court costs that may be imposed
on persons who are convicted of certain crimes; requiring the Comptroller to
deposit certain portions of the additional fees collected under this Act into the
Maryland Victims of Crime Fund and the Victim and Witness Protection and
Relocation Fund; and generally relating to additional court costs in criminal cases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 830

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

830.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Crime" means an act committed by a person in the State that is:

(i) A crime under Article 27 of the Code;

(ii) A violation of the Transportation Article which is punishable by
imprisonment; or

(iii) A crime at common law.

(3) "Offense" means an act committed by a person in the State that is a
violation of the Transportation Article and is not punishable by imprisonment.

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