Ch. 6

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(E) THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE BOARD OF
REVIEW SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF 4 YEARS. THE GOVERNOR MAY
REAPPOINT A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW
UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THAT MEMBER'S TERM.

[(e)] (F) The board of review shall perform the duties set
forth in this article.

7.

(a)  A member of the [board or the] board of review, the
director, or AN employee of the Institution may not:

(1)  Be directly or indirectly concerned or interested
in any contract, purchase, or sale made by or for the Institution
or an inmate of the Institution;

(2)  Accept any reward or gift or a promise of a
reward or gift from any person interested in a contract,
purchase, or sale made by or for the Institution or an inmate of
the Institution; or

(3)  Accept any reward, gift, devise, or bequest, or a
promise of a reward, gift, devise, or bequest from an inmate of
the Institution or from anyone on his behalf.

(b)  A reward, gift, devise, bequest, or promise accepted in
violation of this section is void. A contract, purchase, or sale
in which a person has an interest prohibited by subsection (a) is
voidable by the State whether or not the State is a party to it.

(c)  A member of the [board,] BOARD OF REVIEW, the director,
and an employee of the Institution shall report to the director
or [a board member] THE SECRETARY any violation of subsection (a)
within his knowledge.

(d)  A violation of this section constitutes misconduct in
office and is grounds for removal from office or employment.

8.

(a) Any person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment
following conviction of a crime, has more than three years
remaining to serve on his sentence, [and] has not been evaluated
by or confined at the Institution within the preceding three
years, IS NOT DISQUALIFIED FROM BEING AN ELIGIBLE PERSON UNDER §
1(F)(2) OF THIS ARTICLE, AND MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY UNDER § 4A(C) OF THIS ARTICLE may be
referred by the Commissioner to the Institution for evaluation as
to whether he is an eligible person upon recommendation of the
sentencing court, upon application to the Commissioner by the
State's attorney of the county in which the person . was last

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