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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 378, §§1 to
3, is further amended to read:

 
3. Crime. "Crime" means one of the following:

 
A. Offenses against the person as described in Title 17-A,
chapter 9;

 
B. Sexual assaults as described in Title 17-A, chapter 11;

 
C. Kidnapping and criminal restraint as described in Title
17-A, chapter 13;

 
D. Robbery as described in Title 17-A, chapter 27;

 
E. Operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs or with an excessive blood-alcohol level, as described
in Title 29-A, section 2411; or

 
F. An act of terrorism, as defined in United States Code,
Title 18, Section 2331, committed outside of the United
States against a resident of this State.; or

 
G.__Leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving
personal injury or death, in violation of Title 29-A,
section 2252.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 360, §2 and
affected by §9, is further amended to read:

 
4. Eligible expenses and losses. "Eligible expenses and
losses" means expenses and losses resulting from a personal
injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a crime
specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically
related expenses, psychological or mental health counseling
expenses, lost wages and funeral and burial expenses. "Eligible
expenses and losses" may include costs of eyeglasses, hearing
aids, dentures or other prosthetic devices taken, lost, destroyed
or damaged as a result of the crime, costs to repair or replace
locks or security devices and costs of crime scene cleanup.
Expenses and losses claimed under this subsection must be
expenses or losses actually and reasonably incurred.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 378, §4, is
amended to read:

 
5. Family or household member. "Family or household member"
means: the parent, stepparent, sibling, grandparent,


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