1936

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 534

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 707, 708 708, 709, 710A, 710B, and 710C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 709 and 710D

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 709 and 710D

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

706.

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

judgments 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