PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 47

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 47
(House Bill 189)

AN ACT concerning

Correctional Institutions - Citizens' Advisory Committees - Cumberland

FOR the purpose of creating a citizens' advisory committee for State correctional
facilities located in Cumberland; and generally relating to a citizens' advisory
committee for State correctional facilities located in Cumberland.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 4-1101 and 4-1103

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 4-1102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

4-1101.

(a) In this subheading the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Division of Correction of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

(c) "Committee" means the citizens' advisory committees established under this
subheading.

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