(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.