PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 311

(3) The board of review shall promptly notify the victim of the decision of
the board of review regarding parole.

(4) The victim may designate, in writing to the board of review, the name
and address of a representative, who is a resident of the State, to receive notice for the
victim.

(5) The board of review shall delete the victim's address and phone number
before examination of any document by the eligible person or the eligible person's
representative.

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

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(a) The Commission has the exclusive power to:

(2) Negotiate and sign predetermined parole release agreements;

(d) (1) In this subsection, "victim" means a person who suffers personal physical
injury or death as a direct result of a crime or, if the victim is deceased, a designated
family member of the victim.

(2) (i) In cases where a defendant is sentenced to the Division of
Correction, IF THE VICTIM FILED A NOTIFICATION REQUEST FORM UNDER ARTICLE
27, § 770 OF THE CODE OR if the victim makes a written request to the Commission
DEPARTMENT for notification and maintains a current address on file with the
Commission DEPARTMENT, the Commission DEPARTMENT, at least 90 days before the
parole release hearing, shall notify the victim or designated representative in writing,
directed to the most current address on file, that a parole release hearing has been
scheduled for the inmate convicted of the commission of the violent crime.

(ii) If the inmate was convicted of a violent crime:

1. The victim may submit to the Commission DEPARTMENT, in
writing, not later than 30 days from the date of the Commission's DEPARTMENT'S notice,
a request to require the Division of Parole and Probation to complete an updated victim
impact statement.

2. The Division of Parole and Probation shall complete the
updated statement at least 30 days prior to the parole release hearing.

3. The Division of Parole and Probation shall promptly send the
updated victim impact statement to the Commission.

(iii) At least 30 days before the parole release hearing, the victim may:

1. Make a written recommendation to the Commission on the
advisability of releasing the inmate on parole; and

2. Request that an inmate be prohibited from having any
contact with a victim as a condition of parole, MANDATORY SUPERVISION, WORK
RELEASE, OR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE RELEASE.

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