WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 89
690.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article or any other law to the
contrary, and except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a sentence by any
judge to the jurisdiction of the Division shall comply with the following stipulations:

(i) As of January 1, 1987, no sentence shall be 6 months or less;

(ii) As of January 1, 1989, no sentence shall be for less than 12
months; and

(iii) As of January 1, 1989, no sentence shall be 12 months or less.

(2) If a county or Baltimore City has made application to the Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services for financial assistance for the construction or
enlargement of a detention center under § 705(e) of this article, a sentence by any judge
of more than 6 months may be to the Division until the new or enlarged detention
center is completed and operational.

Chapter 652 of the Acts of 1987, as amended by Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1988

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1987. This Act shall remain in effect until [June 30, 1990.] JUNE 30, 1993
1991.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That on or before January 1.
1991, the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services shall submit to the
General Assembly a report of the following information:

(1) the costs incurred by the State as a result of this Act, including a
projection of future costs; and

(2) with respect to each person sentenced to the jurisdiction of the
Division of Correction as a result of this Act, the local jurisdiction to which the person
would have been sentenced if this Act had not been enacted.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 89
(Senate Bill 140)

AN ACT concerning

Elections - Absentee Voting

FOR the purpose of authorizing certain voters to use an absentee ballot under certain
circumstances.

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