WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 717

(II) THE PAROLE WAS REVOKED DUE TO A FINDING THAT THE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 law 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:

(I) 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

(II) 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:

1. ONE-HALF OF THE AGGREGATE TERMS SENTENCED; OR

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

(2) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, A PERSON WHO IS SERVING A TERM OF CONFINEMENT FOR A VIOLENT
CRIME SHALL RECEIVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE INMATE'S PROGRESS IN
THE INSTITUTION AFTER THE PERSON HAS SERVED ONE-FOURTH OF THE TERM OF

CONFINEMENT.

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