HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 710C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

710C.

(a) A person may be placed in a center if the person:

(1)  Is considered a resident of the county in
which the center is located, or if a regional center, one of
the counties comprising the region;

(2)  Has less than 6 months remaining on the
sentence or less than 6 months prior to a determined parole
date, or has a sentence of 3 years or less; and

(3)  He has been screened by a center staff
member and after review of the screening data, the center
director approves the transfer based upon screening
standards agreed to by the community advisory board, the
center director and the Commissioner. The screening
standards shall include a presentence investigation report
if available and a complete record of previous convictions.

(B) THE CONDITION FOR PLACEMENT ESTABLISHED BY
SUBSECTION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO PERSONS
PLACED IN CENTERS FOR WOMEN LOCATED IN BALTIMORE CITY.

[(b)] (C) The center director may revoke a person's
participation in the center if the person violates the terms
or conditions of the center, established by the center
director with the advice of the community advisory board.

[(c)] (D) (1) Whenever a person is detained in or
sentenced to a county jail, detention center, or county
agency operating the jail or detention center, the judge
ordering the confinement, or if that judge is unable to act,
then any judge of the committing court at any time during
the period of confinement may approve the transfer of that
person to a center provided that the center director has
recommended to the court that the person be placed in the
center based on locally established selection procedures for
the center.

(2) After a person enters a center, the judge
ordering the confinement, or if that judge is unable to act,