MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1813

SECTION 3.        AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new

Sections 616S (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) be and
they are 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

616S.

(A)    CHARGES OUTSTANDING AGAINST A PRISONER, AND
DETAINERS BASED UPON UNTRIED INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS,
WARRANTS, OR COMPLAINTS, PRODUCE. UNCERTAINTIES WHICH
OBSTRUCT PROGRAMS OF PRISONER TREATMENT AND
REHABILITATION, AND CAUSE A PRISONER SERVING A TERM UNDER
A DETAINER TO SUFFER SERIOUS DISADVANTAGES. ACCORDINGLY,
IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS STATE AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS
SECTION TO ENCOURAGE THE EXPEDITIOUS AND ORDERLY
DISPOSITION OF THESE CHARGES AND DETERMINATION OF THE
PROPER STATUS OF ANY AND ALL DETAINERS EASED UPON UNTRIED
INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS, WARRANTS, OR COMPLAINTS.

(B)    WHENEVER THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION RECEIVES
NOTICE OF AN UNTRIED INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, WARRANT, OR
COMPLAINT AGAINST A PRISONER SERVING A SENTENCE IN A
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
DIVISION OF CORRECTION, OR WHENEVER PATUXENT INSTITUTION
RECEIVES NOTICE OF AN UNTRIED INDICTMENT, INFORMATION,
WARRANT, OR COMPLAINT AGAINST A PRISONER CONFINED AT THE
INSTITUTION AS A DEFECTIVE DELINQUENT OR FOR EVALUATION,
OR WHENEVER ANY COUNTY OR CITY JAIL RECEIVES NOTICE OF AN
UNTRIED INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, WARRANT, OR COMPLAINT
AGAINST A PRISONER SERVING A SENTENCE IN THE COUNTY OR
CITY JAIL, THE PRISONER SHALL BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL WITHIN
120 DAYS AFTER HE HAS DELIVERED (1) TO THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE OR OF THE COUNTY IN
WHICH THE INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, WARRANT, OR COMPLAINT
IS PENDING AND, (2) TO THE APPROPRIATE COURT, HIS WRITTEN
REQUEST FOR A FINAL DISPOSITION TO BE MADE OF THE
INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, WARRANT, OR COMPLAINT. FOR GOOD
CAUSE SHOWN IN OPEN COURT, WITH THE PRISONER OR HIS
COUNSEL PRESENT, THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OF THE
MATTER MAY GRANT ANY NECESSARY OR REASONABLE CONTINUANCE.
THE REQUEST OF THE PRISONER SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
STATEMENT FROM THE WARDEN, SUPERINTENDENT, DIRECTOR, OR
CITY OR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAVING CUSTODY OF
THE PRISONER, SETTING FORTH THE TERM OF THE COMMITMENT
UNDER WHICH THE PRISONER IS BEING HELD, THE TIME ALREADY
SERVED, THE TIME REMAINING TO BE SERVED ON THE SENTENCE,
THE AMOUNT OF GOOD TIME EARNED, THE DATE OF PAROLE
ELIGIBILITY OF THE PRISONER, AND ANY DECISIONS OF THE
BOARD OF PAROLE RELATING TO THE PRISONER.

(C)    WHENEVER THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION RECEIVES
NOTICE OF AN UNTRIED INDICTMENT, INFORMATION, WARRANT, OR
COMPLAINT AGAINST A PRISONER SERVING A SENTENCE IN A
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE