File Code: Criminal Law - Procedure
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 741
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Vallario, Pitkin, and Valderrama
- Entitled:
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Court Costs - Victims of Crime
For Fiscal Year 1997, requiring a court to impose an additional court
cost of $5 on a criminal defendant who is found guilty, enters a plea
of nolo contendere, or is given probation before judgment; requiring
that the fees collected be deposited to the Maryland Victims of Crime
Fund; authorizing the Governor to transfer any moneys credited to the
Fund from the fee to the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation
Fund by budget amendment; and for Fiscal Year 1997, prohibiting a
court from waiving any court cost except under certain circumstances.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BUDGETS
- COURTS - COSTS
- COURTS - GENERAL
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- GOVERNOR
- VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- WITNESSES
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available
