1042                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                       CH. 551

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 551
(Senate Bill 392)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsections (a)
and (b) of Section 700A, and to add new subsection (g) to Section
700A, to follow immediately after subsection (f) thereof, all of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement
Volume and 1967 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments,"
subtitle "Places of Reformation and Punishment," subheading
"Department of Correction," sub-subheading "Prisoners," author-
izing school attendance as part of a work release program, author-
izing the Commissioner of Correction to designate a subordinate
to act in his absence upon applications for participation on the
work release program, and further providing for discretionary,
non binding recommendations by sentencing courts concerning
consideration of prisoners by the Department of Correction for
participation on the work release program.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsections (a) and (b) of Section 700A, be and the same are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and new sub-
section (g) be and the same is hereby added to Section 700A, to
follow immediately after subsection (f) thereof, all of Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and
1967 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Places
of Reformation and Punishment," subheading "Department of Cor-
rection," sub-subheading "Prisoners," and to read as follows:

700A.

(a)   The Department of Correction is authorized to establish a
"work release" program under which prisoners sentenced to the
jurisdiction of said Department may be granted the privilege of
leaving actual confinement during necessary and reasonable hours
for the [purpose] purposes of working at gainful private employ-
ment or attending school as part of a work release program, in this
State. Such program may also include, under appropriate conditions,
release for the purpose of seeking such employment.

(b)   A prisoner eligible to participate in the "work release" pro-
gram in accordance with the preceding subsection may make appli-
cation to the warden or superintendent of the institution in which
he is confined for permission to participate in such program. The
application shall include a statement by the prisoner that he agrees
to abide by all terms and conditions of the particular plan adopted
for him by the Commissioner of Correction or his designee if such
application is approved, shall state the name and address of the
proposed employer, if any, or of the proposed school training pro-