1364                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 304

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Sections 700E(a) and (b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 700E of
Article 27 — crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1973
Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
700E.

(a)  The Division of Correction is authorized to
establish an "extended work release program" under which
inmates sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of
Correction for desertion or nonsupport of [wife] SPOUSE,
children or destitute parents, may be granted the
privilege of leaving actual confinement for the purposes
of working at gainful employment and/or to live in a
noninstitutional environment. Such program may also
include, under appropriate conditions, release of an
inmate to live at home under intensive supervision by the
Division of Parole and Probation.

(b)   It shall be the duty of the Division of Parole
and Probation, when an inmate convicted of desertion or
nonsupport of [wife] SPOUSE, children, or destitute
parents, is first received at an institution of the
Division of Correction, to cause to be made such
investigation as may enable the Commissioner of
Correction, or his designee, to determine the
advisability of placing said inmate in the "extended work
release program." The Commissioner of Correction, or his
designee, after reviewing the results of said
investigation may approve, disapprove or defer action as
to any particular inmate. In the event of approval, the
Commissioner or his designee, shall adopt a plan for said
inmate which shall contain such terms and conditions as
may be necessary and proper. Such plan shall be signed
by the inmate prior to his participation in the program.
Such plan may be conditioned upon the inmate's agreement
to waive his right to contest extradition proceedings.
At any time after approval has been granted, it may be
revoked for any reason by the Commissioner.