Ch. 474                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(4) To perform, in Baltimore City, all duties and
functions related to pre-trial release, formerly performed by the
Pre-Trial Release Services Division of the Office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

(c) (1) The Pre-Trial Release Services Division of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City is an operational unit of the
Division of Parole and Probation.

(2)  There is a Pre-Trial Release Committee in the
Division of Parole and Probation.

(3)  The Pre-Trial Release Committee consists of:

(i) The Director of the Division of Parole and
Probation or the Director's designee; and

(ii) 2 judges to be appointed by the
administrative judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

(4)  (i) The director and deputy director of the
Pre-Trial Release Services Division shall be appointed by and
serve at the pleasure of the Pre-Trial Release Committee.

(ii) The director and deputy director of the
Pre-Trial Release Services Division shall be unclassified State
employees.

(iii) The director and deputy director of the
Pre-Trial Release Services Division are entitled to the salaries
provided in the State budget.

(5)  The Pre-Trial Release Committee shall provide
programmatic control and direction for the Pre-Trial Release
Services Division consistent with the policies of the Division of
Parole and Probation.

(6)  Except for programmatic control and direction,
the operations of the unit shall be subject to and under the
direction of the Division of Parole and Probation.]

SUBTITLE 13. PRETRIAL RELEASE SERVICES DIVISION.

4-1301.

(A) THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A PRETRIAL RELEASE SERVICES
DIVISION, WHICH SHALL BE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, AND THE HEAD OF WHICH SHALL BE THE
DIRECTOR OF PRETRIAL RELEASE SERVICES. THE DIRECTOR AND THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND AND BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF
THE SENATE OF MARYLAND FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM, AT THE PLEASURE OF

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