PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 567

Section 2

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

1-603.

(d) To assure that the services of the District Court are READILY AND
PRACTICABLY available in all areas of District 8[, subject to the time limits contained in
this subsection] AND TO ASSURE THAT THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ALL
CITIZENS OF DISTRICT 8 WITH A MINIMUM OF INCONVENIENCE AND A MAXIMUM OF
AVAILABILITY, there shall be a court facility physically located in each of the following
areas of that district, and at least one judge shall sit regularly in each location:

(1)     The Towson area;

(2)     The Catonsville area;

(3)     The Dundalk area [until June 30, 1997] UNTIL JUNE 30, 1999;

(4)     The Essex area; and

(5)     The Owings Mills area [until June 30, 1997] UNTIL JUNE 30, 1999.

Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1993

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, Notwithstanding the provisions of
any other law, including Section 1(3), Item 23.05.02(F) of Chapter 4 of the Laws of Maryland,
First Extraordinary Session, 1992, and Section 2, of Chapter 421 of the Laws of Maryland,
1990, it is the intent of the General Assembly that District Court facilities be located in the
Dundalk AREA OF BALTIMORE COUNTY UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 1999 and Owings Mills
[areas] AREA of Baltimore County until [June 30, 1997] JUNE 30, 1999.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 567

(Senate Bill 171)

AN ACT concerning

Parole - Inmates - Diminution Credits

FOR the purpose of providing that if an inmate receives a now sentence as the result of
a conviction for a crime that is committed while on parole and the parole is revoked,
diminution credits that were allowed to the inmate prior to release on parole may
not be applied towards the inmate's term of confinement upon return to the

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