WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 716

(4) AFTER FORMAL ACTION, HOLD A CLOSED PAROLE HEARING ON
WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR AN
ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION RELATED TO THE INMATE, IF THE ONGOING
INVESTIGATION COULD BE COMPROMISED.

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(d) (1) Subject to PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION AND further action by the
Commission, if the order of parole is revoked, the prisoner shall save the remainder of the
sentence originally imposed unless the Commission member hearing the parole revocation, in
[his] THE MEMBER'S discretion, grants credit for time between release on parole and
revocation of parole.

(2) A PRISONER MAY NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR TIME BETWEEN RELEASE
ON PAROLE AND REVOCATION OF PAROLE IF:

(I) AT THE TIME THAT PAROLE WAS REVOKED THE PRISONER WAS
SERVING A SENTENCE FOR A VIOLENT CRIME; AND

(II) THE PAROLE WAS REVOKED DUE TO A FINDING THAT THE
PRISONER COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME WHILE ON PAROLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read as
follows:

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

4-516.

(a)      It shall be the duty of the Commission of its own initiative to request the Division
to make such investigation as may enable the Commission to determine the advisability of
granting parole to persons sentenced to a term of 6 months or more under the laws of this State
to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction, or to any other place of confinement or
detention of violators of the criminal laws of the State whenever the prisoner shall have sewed
in confinement one-fourth of the term or consecutive terms.

(b)     A person who has been sentenced to more than [1] ONE term of confinement,
including a term during which the person is eligible for parole and a term during which the
person is not eligible for parole, [shall be] IS NOT eligible for parole consideration under
subsection (a) of this section [after] UNTIL the person has served the greater of:

(1)      One-fourth of the aggregate terms sentenced; or

(2)     A period of time equal to the term during which the person is not eligible for
parole.

(C) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS
SECTION:

(1) (I) A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THE DIVISION OF
CORRECTION AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
PAROLE UNTIL THE PERSON HAS SERVED ONE-HALF OF THE TERM OR CONSECUTIVE
TERMS; AND

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