Ch. 264                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) All actions by the board of review require the approval of a majority of
the members except that a decision to grant parole, work release, or leave to an eligible
person requires the approval of 7 members.

(d)     Employees of the Institution who are members of the board of review or who
attend its meetings or work as advisors to the board of review shall serve in that capacity
as part of their regular duties without additional compensation. The other members of
the board of review shall receive compensation as provided in the State budget.

(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.

(f)      The board of review shall perform the duties set forth in this article.

7.       

(a)     A member of 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] THE
INMATE'S 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 of review, the director, [and] OR an employee of the
Institution shall report to the director or the Secretary any violation of subsection (a)
[within his] THAT IS WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL'S 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] A sentence, 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] THE

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