HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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CHAPTER 523

(Senate Bill 254)

AN ACT concerning

Parole Release Hearing Notification of Certain Victims

FOR the purpose of requiring the Parol Commission to notify
victims of certain crimes and certain other persons of
parole hearings; providing a time for notification of
hearing; providing a time in which a certain response shall
be made; providing for the submission of a victim impact
statement, requiring the Parole Commission to consider the
statement; requiring notification by the Parole Commission
of the decision; and generally relating to notification of
parole release hearings.

Notification of Parole Release Hearing - Updated
Victim Impact Statement

FOR the purpose of requiring, in certain cases, the Parole
Commission to notify victims of certain crimes and certain
other persons of parole hearings; providing a time for
notification of hearing under certain circumstances;
providing that certain persons may request that updated
victim impact statements be prepared by the Division of
Parole and Probation; providing certain times when the
updated victim impact statement shall be prepared; requiring
the Commission to place the updated victim impact statement
in the inmate's parole file; requiring the Commission to
consider an updated victim impact statement at a parole
release hearing under certain circumstances; requiring
notification by the Parole Commission of the decision; and
generally relating to notification of parole release
hearings.

BY adding to

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Section 110(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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