WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 419

DETERMINE WHETHER TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE
OR IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

4-607.

(b) (3) (i) If a person is sentenced to imprisonment for
life without the possibility of parole under Article 27, § 412 or
§ 413 of the Code, the person is not eligible for parole
consideration and may not be granted parole at any time during
the term of the sentence.

(ii) Nothing contained in this paragraph may be
construed to restrict the authority of the Governor to pardon or
remit any part of a sentence under the provisions of § 4-603 of
this article.

4-609.

(d) In any case in which the death penalty or imprisonment
for life without the possibility of parole is requested under
Article 27, § 412, a presentence investigation, including a
victim impact statement, shall be completed by the Division of
Parole and Probation, and shall be considered by the court or
jury before whom the separate sentencing proceeding is conducted
under Article 27, § 412 or § 413.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 419

(House Bill 510)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County and Calvert County -
Property Tax Interest and Penalties

FOR the purpose of authorizing the governing bodies of St. Mary's
County and Calvert County to set, by law, the rate of
interest for each month or fraction of a month that the
county or taxing district property tax is overdue; and
authorizing the governing bodies of St. Mary's County and
Calvert County to set, by law, one interest rate and one tax

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