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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-916" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Victims and Witnesses -- Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Victims of Crime Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund shall be used to pay for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>carrying out Article 47 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>carrying out the guidelines for the treatment and assistance for victims and witnesses of crimes and delinquent acts provided in §§ 11–1002 and 11–1003 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>carrying out any laws enacted to benefit victims and witnesses of crimes and delinquent acts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>supporting child advocacy centers established under § 11–923(h) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Fund may pay for the administrative costs of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Grants awarded by the Board shall be equitably distributed among all purposes of the Fund described in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
