AN ACT concerning

HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3943

House Bill No. 354

Local Detention Centers

FOR the purpose of altering the minimum period of sentence used
for referral of an individual to the Division of Correction;
defining certain terms; substituting certain terms; altering
the circumstances under which certain powers and duties of a
certain sheriff are affected; requiring certain prisoners to
be in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections under
certain circumstances; permitting a county to apply for
certain financial assistance for construction or enlargement
of its detention center under certain circumstances and
pursuant to certain processes, procedures, and approval;
requiring the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety
and Correctional Services to conduct a certain study; adding
that certain information be provided to the Secretary of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in
certain financial assistance applications; providing a
certain contract may not be approved unless certain
requirements are met; providing for a limit on the use of a
local detention center, in the absence of certain
circumstances; providing for State reimbursement of part of
the cost of maintaining certain prisoners in local detention
centers and setting the rate of reimbursement; and generally
relating to local detention centers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 690; and 705 to be under the amended subheading

"Local Detention Centers"
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:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

690.

(a)  The provisions of this section are applicable to any
judge of the circuit court for any county and any judge of the
District Court, exercising criminal jurisdiction, and all of such
persons are described herein as "judge."

(b)  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article
or any other law to the contrary, judges, in the sentencing of
convicted persons for any offense for which the provisions of