Section 11-914 - Duties. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-914. Duties.
 

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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 841; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]