SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1497

CHAPTER 694
(Senate Bill 567)

AN ACT to add new Section 188C to Article 41 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Governor-
Executive and Administrative Departments," subtitle "The Ex-
ecutive Department," to follow immediately after Section 188B
thereof and to be under the new subheading "Executive Adminis-
trator for Correctional Services," to create an executive agency
known as the Office of Executive Administrator for Correctional
Services to have certain policy, coordinating and other powers
with respect to the functions of the Department of Correction,
Board of Parole and Probation, Department of Parole and Proba-
tion, State Department of Juvenile Services, Department of Jail
Programming, and Patuxent Institution, to provide for the ap-
pointment, powers and duties and office of the Executive Admin-
istrator and his powers over the heads of the departments, boards
and agencies listed above. "COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES", TO CREATE A COORDINAT-
ING COUNCIL FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TO CON-
SIST OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS OF
THE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTION, JUVENILE SERV-
ICES, PAROLE AND PROBATION, THE PATUXENT INSTI-
TUTION, THE JAIL PROGRAMMING AND INSPECTION
OFFICER, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNOR OF
MARYLAND AND OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO
FIX THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL IN THE
COORDINATION OF THE PROGRAMS, PLANNING AND
PROCEDURES OF THESE AGENCIES.

whereas, In its Report to the Legislative Council, the Committee
on Prison Administration reported as follows:

In connection with our consideration of Judge George B. Rasin's
proposal for coordination between the Departments of Correction
and Juvenile Services, we now propose a more sweeping suggestion.
It seems to us that there is a larger problem of coordination which
would involve the Department of Correction, the Juvenile Services
Department, the Parole and Probation Department and the Patuxent
Institution. All of these agencies are concerned with various parts
of what is one problem, the confinement, rehabilitation and release
of violators of the criminal laws. We have noted elsewhere our
opinion of the attempts we have made to achieve better cooperation
between the Correction Department and the Parole Department in
paroling prisoners. Despite the success of some of the steps we have
suggested, there remains a basic difference of philosophy between
these two departments. Such cross purposes, it seems to us, can
only be resolved by grouping all of these agencies under a single
administrative official. The person would be appointed by and re-
sponsible to the Governor. He would be empowered to set policy.
The various agencies would function under him under the direction
of their individual professional department heads.

and

WHEREAS, In pursuance of this recommendation this Act proposes
the creation of such an office as an executive agency; and