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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 256

(Senate Bill 196)

AN ACT concerning

Patuxent Institution - Records

FOR the purpose of permitting disclosure under certain
circumstances of information on inmates at Patuxent
Institution.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 31B - Patuxent Institution

Section 13(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 31B - Patuxent Institution

13.

(d) To the extent that any records, reports, and
information compiled pursuant to this section are legally
confidential, they shall remain confidential, and may not be
disclosed to any person or agency except:

(1)  The Commissioner or his authorized staff;

(2)  The Division of Parole and Probation;

(3)  The Maryland Parole Commission;

(4)  A State's attorney, when required in the
prosecution or defense of a proceeding in court;

(5)  A federal, State, or local law-enforcement
officer upon a written request signed by an authorized
commanding officer of the law-enforcement agency certifying
that the information is needed for a pending investigation;