PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 203

Section 4-101 and 4-104
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 83C - Juvenile Justice

4-101.

(a)     In this title the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Department" means the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(c)     "Facility" means a juvenile program that is wholly owned by and operated
under the authority of:

(1)     A county or municipal corporation, or both;

(2)     A for-profit organization; or

(3)     A nonprofit organization.

(d)     "Juvenile program" means any:

(1)     Program that:

(i) Meets the definition in §§ 2-120 and 2-121 of this article; and

(ii) [ Is licensed by the Department under regulations adopted by the
Department to implement the policies of §§ 2-120 through 2-131 of this article]
PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL SERVICES TO YOUTH PLACED BY THE DEPARTMENT; or

(2)     Nonresidential program that provides educational, vocational,
recreational, counseling, or other day services under contract to the Department.

(e)     "Nonprofit organization" means:

(1) A bona fide religious organization, no part of the earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any individual or is used for any purpose other than the
maintenance and operation of the facility, the purchase of equipment to be used in the
facility, or the expansion of the facility; or

. (2) An organization:

(i) That is chartered as a nonprofit corporation and classified by the
Interna] Revenue Service as nonprofit; and

(ii) No part of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of any
individual or is used for any purpose other than the maintenance and operation of the
facility, the purchase of the equipment to be used in the facility, or the expansion of the
facility.

(f)     "Wholly owned" includes leased property, if the:

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