PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 544

CHAPTER 544
(House Bill 1353)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy - Final Report - Termination

FOR the purpose of extending the date by which the Maryland Commission on Criminal
Sentencing Policy is required to submit its Final Report to the General Assembly;
extending the termination date of the Commission; and generally relating to the
Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 563 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1996
Section 3

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 18-312

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume)

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

Chapter 563 of the Acts of 1996

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Maryland Commission
on Criminal Sentencing Policy shall submit an Interim Report of its activities and
recommendations to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1312 of the State
Government Article, on or before December 31, 1996. The Commission shall submit a
Final Report of its recommendations to the General Assembly, in accordance with §
2-1312 of the State Government Article, on or before [September 30, 1997] DECEMBER
31, 1998. The Final Report of the Commission shall include a detailed rationale for each of
its recommendations.

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18-312.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission.

(3) "Commission" means the Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing

Policy.

(4) "Correctional options program" means a criminal sanction other than
traditional probation, traditional parole, or total confinement.

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