2013 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 11-914 - Duties

§11-914.

Subject to the authority of the Executive Director, the Board shall:

(1) submit to the Governor an annual written report of its activities, including its administration of the Fund;

(2) monitor the service needs of victims;

(3) advise the Governor on the needs of victims;

(4) recommend the appointment of the Victim Services Coordinator to the Executive Director;

(5) review and approve the Victim Services Coordinator’s plans and annual reports, and the Victim Services Coordinator’s implementation, operation, and revision of programs;

(6) approve or disapprove each grant application submitted by the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention;

(7) advise the State’s Attorneys’ Coordination Council on the adoption of regulations governing the administration of the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program established under § 11-902 of this subtitle;

(8) advise the State’s Attorneys’ Coordinator on the administration of the Victim and Witness Protection and Relocation Program;

(9) develop pamphlets to notify victims of the rights, services, and procedures provided under Article 47 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights or State law, including:

(i) one pamphlet relating to the time before and after the filing of a charging document other than an indictment or information in circuit court; and

(ii) a second pamphlet relating to the time after the filing of an indictment or information in circuit court; and

(10) develop a notification request form in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, through which a victim may request to be notified under § 11-104 of this title.