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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-910" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Victims and Witnesses -- Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In Part II of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Board” means the State Board of Victim Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Crime” means conduct that is a crime under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>common law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 109 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>§ 4-103 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Carroll County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>§ 8A-1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Talbot County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Annotated Code.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Crime” does not include a violation of the Transportation Article that is not punishable by a term of confinement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Fund” means the State Victims of Crime Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Victim” means a person who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional, or financial harm as a direct result of a crime or of a violation of § 21-902 of the Transportation Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Victim” includes a family member of a minor, incompetent, or homicide victim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
