Ch. 99 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) THE HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT THE STATE POLICE
BARRACK THAT IS LOCATED CLOSEST TO IN THE COUNTY OF THE LEGAL
RESIDENCE OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON. IF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON IS
NOT A STATE RESIDENT, THE HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT A LOCATION
DESIGNATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE.

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

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 99
(Senate Bill 200)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Facilities - Plaices of Confinement

FOR the purpose of clarifying which facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile
Services are considered places of confinement; altering the definition of places of
confinement; and generally relating to facilities that are used as places of
confinement for juveniles.

BY repealing and reetiactirig, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 139(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Voliime and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

139.

(a) (1) If any individual who is legally detained in the State penitentiary or a
jail, house of correction, reformatory, station house, or other place of confinement in
this State or who is committed to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration for
examination or inpatient treatment escapes, the individual is guilty of a felony and on
conviction by the circuit court for the county in which the escape takes place, is subject
to confinement in the State penitentiary or a jail or house of correction for an
additional period not exceeding 10 years. The sentence imposed under this subsection
shall be consecutive to any sentence which was being served at the time of the escape,
or any sentence which had been imposed but was riot yet being served at the time of
sentencing oh the escape. A sentence imposed under this subsection may not be
suspended.

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