PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 347

(II) THE SPOUSE OF AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN WHO HAS A SERVICE
CONNECTED DISABILITY; OR

(III) THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A DECEASED ELIGIBLE VETERAN.

(4) (3) THE FOLLOWING APPLICANTS ARE INELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION:

(I)      A CURRENT STATE EMPLOYEE; AND

(II)     AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN WHO IS CONVICTED OF A CRIME AFTER
BEING DISCHARGED FROM OR COMPLETING MILITARY SERVICE.

(D) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(II) "HOST COUNTY" MEANS ANY COUNTY IN WHICH A QUALIFIED
PRISON FACILITY IS LOCATED.

(III) "ADJACENT COUNTY" MEANS ANY COUNTY ADJACENT TO A
HOST COUNTY.

(IV) "QUALIFIED PRISON FACILITY" MEANS ANY NEW STATE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF 750 BEDS OR MORE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE
DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1985.

(2) IN THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR AN INITIAL APPOINTMENT TO ANY
POSITION IN A QUALIFIED PRISON FACILITY, AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL
ALLOW FIVE POINTS TO EACH RESIDENT OF THE HOST COUNTY OR AN ADJACENT
COUNTY IF, IN THE MOST RECENT 12-MONTH PERIOD FOR WHICH DATA IS
AVAILABLE AS REPORTED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING,
AND REGULATION, THAT COUNTY HAD AN AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAT
IS MORE THAN 1.5 TIMES THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AS A WHOLE.

(E) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(II) "ADJACENT DISTRICT" MEANS A LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY ADJACENT TO THE HOST DISTRICT OR, IF THE ADJACENT
DISTRICT EXTENDS BEYOND BALTIMORE CITY, THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT
WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY.

(III) "HOST DISTRICT" MEANS THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT IN
WHICH THE BALTIMORE CITY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER IS LOCATED.

(2) IN THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR AN INITIAL APPOINTMENT TO ANY
POSITION AT THE BALTIMORE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER, AN APPOINTING
AUTHORITY SHALL ALLOW FIVE POINTS TO EACH RESIDENT OF THE HOST DISTRICT
OR AN ADJACENT DISTRICT IF, IN THE MOST RECENT 12-MONTH PERIOD FOR WHICH
DATA IS AVAILABLE AS REPORTED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

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