Requiring a victims of domestic violence program to be certified by the federally recognized State domestic violence coalition as a comprehensive domestic violence program; establishing the Victims of Domestic Violence Program Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and allowing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund.

Statutes affected:
Text - First - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund: 4-515 State Finance and Procurement, 4-516 State Finance and Procurement, 6-226 State Finance and Procurement
Text - Third - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund: 4-515 Family Law, 4-516 Family Law, 6-226 State Finance and Procurement