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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 588

Article 31B - Patuxent Institution

Section 11(b)(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 122(b) and 126A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 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 31B - Patuxent Institution

11.

(b) At any time after transfer of a person to the
Institution for treatment as an eligible person but prior to
the expiration of the person's sentence, the board of
review, upon review of the person may take the following
action:

(2) If the board of review concludes that [(1)]
(I) it will not impose an unreasonable risk on society; and
[(2)] (II) it will assist in the treatment and
rehabilitation of the eligible person, it shall grant a
parole from the Institution for a period not exceeding one
year. AN ELIGIBLE PERSON WHO IS SERVING A TERM OF LIFE
IMPRISONMENT SHALL ONLY BE PAROLED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
GOVERNOR. The board of review may attach reasonable
conditions to the parole, at any time make reasonable and
appropriate modifications of these conditions, and revoke
the parole if it finds that the person has violated a
condition of the parole. The board of review shall review
the person's status prior to the expiration of the parole
period, and may extend the parole.

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and
Administrative Departments

122.

(b) (1) [No] A person who has been sentenced to life
imprisonment [shall be] IS NOT eligible for parole
consideration until he [shall have] HAS served [fifteen] 15
years or the equal of [fifteen] 15 years when considering
the allowances for diminution of period of confinement
provided for in Article 27, § 700 and Article 27, § 638C, of
the [Annotated] Code [of Maryland].