(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Board” means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
(c) “Claimant” means the person filing a claim under this subtitle.
(d) (1) “Crime” means:
(i) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a criminal offense under state, federal, or common law that is committed in:
1. this State; or
2. another state against a resident of this State; or
(ii) an act of international terrorism as defined in Title 18, § 2331 of the United States Code that is committed outside of the United States against a resident of this State.
(2) “Crime” does not include an act involving the operation of a vessel or motor vehicle unless the act is:
(i) a violation of § 20–102, § 20–104, § 21–902, or § 21–904 of the Transportation Article;
(ii) a violation of § 8–738 of the Natural Resources Article;
(iii) a violation of the Criminal Law Article;
(iv) operating a motor vehicle or vessel that results in an intentional injury; or
(v) a violation of federal law or the law of another state that is substantially equivalent to a violation under this paragraph, as required under 34 U.S.C. § 20102(b)(5) and (6).
(e) “Dependent” means:
(1) a surviving spouse or child of a person; or
(2) a person who is dependent on another person for principal support.
(f) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
(g) “Victim” means a person:
(1) who suffers physical injury or death as a result of a crime or delinquent act;
(2) who suffers psychological injury as a direct result of:
(i) a fourth degree sexual offense or a delinquent act that would be a fourth degree sexual offense if committed by an adult;
(ii) a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or
(iii) physical injury or death directly resulting from a crime or delinquent act; or
(3) who suffers physical injury or death as a direct result of:
(i) trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the person’s presence;
(ii) trying to apprehend an offender who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the person’s presence or had committed a felony or a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult; or
(iii) helping a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s duties or helping a member of a fire department who is being obstructed from performing the member’s duties.