HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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2.  "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

3.  "COUNTY" OR "COUNTIES" MEANS 1 OR MORE OF THE 23
COUNTIES OF MARYLAND AND BALTIMORE CITY.

B.  The governing body of one or more counties may establish
and maintain a [regional] LOCAL detention center and may enter
into a written agreement with each other as to allocation of
responsibility, construction, operation, maintenance and
appointment of personnel. The State may, but need not be a party
to any such agreement.

C.  The chief administrator of a [regional] LOCAL detention
facility shall be responsible for the safekeeping and care of all
prisoners and other persons detained or sentenced to the
[regional] LOCAL detention facility from the time they are
lawfully detained in or committed thereto, until discharged,
released or withdrawn pursuant to court order or other lawful
authority. Nothing herein shall affect the powers and duties of
the sheriff of any county in respect to the safekeeping and
custody of all prisoners or persons, except when the prisoners or
persons are lawfully assigned to a [regional] LOCAL detention
facility OPERATED BY MORE THAN 1 COUNTY.

D.  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION E. OF THIS SECTION:

D. 1. Upon the determination by a county or counties to
build or maintain a [regional] LOCAL detention center,
application may be made to the [Commissioner of Corrections]
SECRETARY for financial assistance for the construction or
enlargement of the facility. The applicant shall provide such
information in such form as may be required by the [Commissioner]
SECRETARY, including the PROGRAM AND plans for construction, and
the rehabilitation and training programs to be instituted.

2.  Where any county or counties has its plan for
construction . approved by the [Commissioner] SECRETARY the State
shall pay the same share as that provided for jail construction
or rehabilitation.

3.  The [Commissioner of Corrections] SECRETARY is
hereby authorized to receive any grant of funds from the federal
government or any other public or private foundation or agency
for the purposes designated [herein] IN THIS SECTION.

4.  In the event the county commissioners of any
county, or of the counties maintaining, operating or
participating in a [regional] LOCAL detention and correctional
center or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore provide for
making improvements resulting from the adoption of mandatory or
approved standards to the [regional] LOCAL detention and
correctional center, the jail or other such places of detention