S.B. 878                                                   VETOES

Senate Bill No. 878

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Home Detention Program

FOR the purpose of requiring the Sheriff of Carroll County to establish and administer a
Home Detention Program and to adopt regulations for the Program; authorizing a
judge in. Carroll County to require that a certain individual participate in the
Program; establishing eligibility criteria for participation in the Program; permitting
the Sheriff to establish and collect a certain fee; permitting the Sheriff to waive or
reduce the fee under certain circumstances; permitting the Sheriff to determine the
maximum number of persons who may participate in the Program; requiring a
participant to be responsible for certain costs and expenses; providing that an
individual participating in the Program is responsible for certain costs; authorizing the
Sheriff to impose a certain fee; authorizing a waiver or reduction of the fee; authorizing
the Sheriff to limit the number of participants in the Program; and generally relating to
a home detention program in Carroll County.

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 645LL

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1992 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

645LL.

(A) THE SHERIFF OF CARROLL COUNTY SHALL:

(1)      ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A HOME DETENTION PROGRAM; AND

(2)      ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR THE HOME DETENTION PROGRAM.

(B) WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL IS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO
IMPRISONMENT UNDER THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF OF CARROLL COUNTY BY ANY
COURT IN CARROLL COUNTY, THE JUDGE IMPOSING SENTENCE, AT SENTENCING OR
AT ANY TIME DURING THE INDIVIDUAL'S INCARCERATION, MAY REQUIRE THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATE IN THE HOME DETENTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED
UNDER THIS SECTION.

(C) AN INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOME DETENTION PROGRAM IF:

(1) THE SENTENCING JUDGE RECOMMENDS THE INDIVIDUAL TO BE
SENTENCED TO THE HOME DETENTION PROGRAM; AND

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