WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 717

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

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 served 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.

(e) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION. 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.

(2) A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THE DIVISION OF
CORRECTION AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME AND WHO HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 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, IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL
THE PERSON HAS SERVED THE GREATER OF:

(I) ONE HALF OF THE AGGREGATE TERMS SENTENCED; OR

(II) A PERIOD OF TIME EQUAL TO THE TERM DURING WHICH THE
PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.

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