Ch. 322                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(xvii)] 2.—[A crime under] § 1 103 of the Code of Public Local

Laws of Carroll County;

[(xviii)] 3.—[A crime under] § 8A 1 of the Code of Public Local

Laws of Talbot County; [or

(xix)] 4. [A crime at] common law; OR

5. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN ITEM (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
THE ANNOTATED CODE.

(II) "CRIME" DOES NOT INCLUDE A VIOLATION OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE THAT IS NOT PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF
IMPRISONMENT.

(3) "Offense" means a violation of the Transportation Article that is not
punishable by imprisonment.

(b) In addition to any other costs required by law, a circuit court shall impose
on a defendant convicted of a crime an additional cost of $45 in the case.

(c) In addition to any other costs required by law, the District Court shall
impose on a defendant convicted of a crime an additional cost of $35 in the case.

(d) In addition to any other costs required by law, a court shall impose on a
defendant convicted of an offense an additional cost of $3 in the case, including cases
in which the defendant elects to waive the right to trial and pay the fine or penalty
deposit established by the Chief Judge of the District Court by administrative
regulation.

(e) (1) All money collected under this section shall be paid to the
Comptroller of the State.

(2)     The Comptroller shall deposit $22.50 from each fee collected under
subsection (b) of this section from a circuit court and $12.50 from each fee collected
under subsection (c) of this section from the District Court into the State Victims of
Crime Fund established under § 11-916 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

(3) The Comptroller shall deposit $2.50 from each fee collected under
subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Victim and Witness Protection and
Relocation Fund established under § 11-905 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

(4)     The Comptroller shall deposit all other moneys collected under
subsections (b) and (c) of this section into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund
established under § 11-819 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

(f) (1) From the first $500,000 in fees collected under subsection (d) of this
section in each fiscal year, the Comptroller shall deposit one half of each fee into the
State Victims of Crime Fund and one half of each fee into the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Fund.

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