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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1980.

Approved May 27, 1980.

CHAPTER 757

(House Bill 641)

AN ACT concerning

Juveniles - Detention and Shelter Care

FOR the purpose of altering the period of time that may be
ordered by a juvenile court for continued detention or
shelter care prior to a hearing on a juvenile petition
providing that under certain circumstances a child who
is taken into custody may be kept in detention under
the provisions of the Juvenile Code for an additional
period of time beyond the period of detention initially
ordered.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-815(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-815.

(c) If the child is not released, the intake officer
shall immediately file a petition to authorize continued
detention or shelter care. A hearing on the petition shall
be held not later than the next court day, unless extended
by the court upon good cause shown. Reasonable notice, oral
or written, stating the time, place, and purpose of the
hearing, shall be given to the child and, if they can be
found, his parents, guardian, or custodian. Detention and
shelter care shall not be ordered for a period of more than
[30] 60 30 days unless an adjudicatory or waiver hearing is
held. HOWEVER, DETENTION TIME MAY BE EXTENDED FOR NOT MORE
THAN 30 DAYS WHERE THE PETITION CHARGES THE CHILD WITH A
DELINQUENT ACT AND WHERE THE COURT FINDS, AFTER A SUBSEQUENT
HEARING, THAT EXTENDED DETENTION IS NECESSARY EITHER FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE CHILD OR FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE

COMMUNITY.