WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 349

CHAPTER 349

(Senate Bill 790)

AN ACT concerning

Local Detention Centers - Sentencing

FOR the purpose of extending the period during which a certain
exception may be made to stipulations governing the
sentencing of prisoners to the certain Division of
Correction; providing for a certain effective date of this
Act; and generally relating to the sentencing of inmates to
local detention centers.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 690(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 652 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1987
Section 2

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.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article or
any other law to the contrary, and except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection, a sentence by any judge to the
jurisdiction of the Division shall comply with the following
stipulations:

(i) As of January 1, 1987, no sentence shall be
6 months or less;

(ii) As of January 1, 1988, no sentence shall
be for less than 12 months;

(iii) As of January 1, 1989, no sentence shall
be 12 months or less.

(2) If a county or Baltimore City has made
application to the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional

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