CHAPTER 243

H.P. 1103 - L.D. 1510

An Act To Improve Access to the Victims' Compensation Fund

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.