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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 234

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT   ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That Section   706 of Article 27 - Crimes and

Punishments, of the      Annotated Code of Maryland (1971

Replacement Volume and   1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 706 through 710E, inclusive, to be under the new
subheading "Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers" 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

COMMUNITY ADULT REHABILITATION CENTERS

706.  FINDINGS.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT:

(1)    THERE IS A NEED FOR COMMUNITY BASED ADULT
REHABILITATION CENTERS FOR THE HOUSING AND REHABILITATION
OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES BUT WHO, IN
THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURTS AND APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONAL
PERSONNEL, CAN BEST BE REHABILITATED WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL
DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY IN LOCAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES:

(2)    THESE ADULT REHABILITATION CENTERS      SHOULD BE
BUT ONE COMPONENT IN THE OVERALL CORRECTIONAL   SYSTEM, AND
SHOULD BE UTILIZED ONLY FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO   CAN BEST BE
REHABILITATED IN THEM AND WHO WILL NOT      PRESENT A
SUBSTANTIAL DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY;

(3)    IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE PEOPLE THAT THESE
REHABILITATION CENTERS WILL BE SAFE, THEY SHOULD, TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE LOCATED AND OPERATED BY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CONSISTENT WITH STATEWIDE STANDARDS,
AND WITH STATE FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT;

(4)    ONLY IN THE EVENT OF A DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR A
FACILITY AND THE INABILITY OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO
PROVIDE FOR ITS LOCATION AFTER A REASONABLE PERIOD OF
TIME SHOULD THE STATE HAVE THE POWER TO LOCATE,
CONSTRUCT, AND OPERATE IT.

707.    DEFINITIONS.

(A)    AS USED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS
HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)    "CENTER" MEANS A COMMUNITY ADULT