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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 671

CHAPTER 671

(Senate Bill 452)

AN ACT concerning

Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers - Cecil County

FOR the purpose of permitting the Commissioner of Corrections to
place certain persons in Community Adult Rehabilitation
Centers in Cecil County under certain circumstances;
permitting in Cecil County a court to recommend placement of
a person in a Community Adult Rehabilitation Center; and
generally relating to Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers
and the placement of certain persons in Cecil County in
those centers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 710C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 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

710C.

(a)  A person may be placed in a center if the person:

(1)  Is considered a resident of the county in which
the center is located, or if a regional center, one of the
counties comprising the region;

(2)  Has less than 6 months remaining on the sentence
or less than 6 months [prior to] REMAINING UNTIL a determined
parole date, or has a sentence of 3 years 18 MONTHS or less; and

(3)   [He has] HAS been screened by a center staff
member and after review of the screening data, the center
director approves the transfer based upon screening standards
agreed to by the community advisory board, the center director
and the Commissioner. The screening standards shall include a
presentence investigation report if available and a complete
record of previous convictions.

(b)  The center director may revoke a person's participation
in the center if the person violates the terms or conditions of
the center, established by the center director with the advice of
the community advisory board.