MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1425

(B)    (1) EACH INDIVIDUAL CHARGED WITH A PAROLE
VIOLATION IS ENTITLED TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL OF HIS
CHOICE OF COUNSEL PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S
OFFICE.

(2) A RECORD OF THE HEARING SHALL BE KEPT.

(C)    IF THE COMMISSION MEMBER FINDS, FROM THE
EVIDENCE, THAT THE PAROLEE HAS VIOLATED A CONDITION OF
HIS PAROLE, THE COMMISSION MEMBER MAY TAKE THE ACTION
THAT HE CONSIDERS IMPROPRIATE, INCLUDING REVOCATION OF
THE ORDER OF PAROLE, CONTINUATION ON PAROLE WITH OR
WITHOUT MODIFICATION OF ITS CONDITIONS, OR SETTING A
FUTURE HEARING DATE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR REPAROLE.

(D)    SUBJECT TO FURTHER ACTION BY THE COMMISSION,
IF THE ORDER OF PAROLE IS REVOKED, THE PRISONER SHALL
SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE SENTENCE ORIGINALLY IMPOSED
UNLESS THE COMMISSION MEMBER HEARING THE PAROLE
REVOCATION, IN HIS DISCRETION, GRANTS CREDIT FOR TIME
BETWEEN RELEASE ON PAROLE AND REVOCATION OF PAROLE.

(E)    THE INMATE MAY APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT
FROM THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION. THE COURT SHALL
HEAR THE APPEAL ON THE RECORD.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 700G be and it is hereby added to Article 27 —
Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
700G.

(A)    IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PREDETERMINED
PAROLE RELEASE AGREEMENT" MEANS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, THE MARYLAND PAROLE
COMMISSION, AND AN INMATE FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE OF THE
INMATE AT A PREDETERMINED TIME IF, DURING THE PERIOD OF
HIS CONFINEMENT, HE FULFILLS THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN
THE AGREEMENT.

(B)    IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 41, §110(A) (2),
THE MARYLAND PAROLE COMMISSION MAY NEGOTIATE AND ENTER
INTO A PREDETERMINED PAROLE RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH AN
INMATE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE [[BOARD]]
COMMISSION. THE AGREEMENT MAY PROVIDE FOR THE RELEASE OF
THE INMATE ON PAROLE AT A PREDETERMINED TIME IF, DURING
THE PERIOD OF HIS CONFINEMENT, THE INMATE PARTICIPATES IN
THE PROGRAMS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSION AND OTHERWISE
FULFILLS THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT.

(C)    THIS SECTION DOES NOT AFFECT ANY DIMINUTION OF
SENTENCE EARNED UNDER §§700, 700A, 718, AND 725 OF THIS
ARTICLE.