HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      1991

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

690.

(H) THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION MAY CONTRACT FOR:

(1) THE CUSTODY OF INMATES IN OR TRANSPORTATION TO
APPROPRIATE FACILITIES OPERATED BY OR FOR THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA; AND

(2) OTHER INMATE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR THE
DIVISION OF CORRECTION WITH A PRIVATE BUSINESS ENTITY.

(G) THE COMMISSIONER MAY CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF INMATES FROM INSTITUTIONS AND
FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE DIVISION TO APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONS
AND FACILITIES OPERATED BY OR FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

(H)(1) CONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND SUBJECT TO THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, THE
COMMISSIONER MAY CONTRACT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF INMATES BY A
PRIVATE CONTRACTOR.

(2) WHILE TRANSPORTING AN INMATE UNDER A CONTRACT
WITH THE COMMISSIONER, AN EMPLOYEE OF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR HAS
THE SAME AUTHORITY AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER OF THE DIVISION,
HOWEVER, AN EMPLOYEE OF A CONTRACTOR IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE

DIVISION.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 235

(Senate Bill 790)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County
Detention Center

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant
to the County Executive and County Council of Anne Arundel
County for the purpose of the planning, design,
construction, renovation, and equipping of the Anne Arundel