WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 264

14.

The director may determine from time to time whether, and to what extent, persons
in the custody of the Institution and selected by the director shall supply goods, wares,
merchandise and produce required to be purchased by contracting agencies or political
subdivisions under Article 27, §§ 680 through 681M of the Code.

15.

Upon the approval as required by law, the Director of Patuxent Institution may
apply for and receive from the federal government or any board, bureau, commission,
department or other agency [thereof] any funds, chattels, or foodstuffs by way of grant
or loan that may be available to be used in the establishment, maintenance or program of
the Institution.

[16.

(a)     Each person transferred to the Institution for evaluation prior to July 1, 1977,
but who has not been committed to the Institution shall be evaluated and dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of this article.

(b)     (1) Each person committed to the Institution prior to July 1, 1977, shall,
within 90 days after July 1, 1977, have the original sentence that was suspended upon his
commitment to the Institution reimposed as of the time it was originally entered, with
credit for time spent at the Institution.

(2)     Each such person shall be released when the reimposed sentence has
expired.

(3)     Each person whose reimposed sentence has not expired upon its
reimposition shall be reevaluated by January 1, 1978, and dealt with in accordance with
the provisions of this article, except that such a person may be retained at the Institution
notwithstanding that he has less than three years remaining to serve on the reimposed
sentence. Any person transferred to the Division of Correction after reevaluation who is
eligible for parole consideration by the Maryland Parole Commission upon the date of
transfer shall have a hearing in accordance with Article 41, § 4-504 within 90 days after
the transfer.]

[17.] 16.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Patuxent Institution is a correctional
institution within the Division of Correction under Title 22, Subtitle 1 of the Education
Article for the funding of educational programs only.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason
in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any
other application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared severable.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1994.

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