PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 118

DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION

QC02.01 General Administration

General Fund Appropriation.........................

3,618,050

3,559,372

3,499,983

QC02.02 Field Operations

Provided that the Department of Public

Safety and Correctional Services shall

submit a report to the budget committees

by January 15, 2000 which addresses:

(1) the impact of intensive supervision (i.e.

does it keep offenders from committing

crimes particularly in the designated

areas and is it reducing recidivism rates

for those offenders compared with

non-participating offenders);

(2) budgetary savings, if any, to the overall

correctional establishment;

(3) the effectiveness of the department's

component in relation to the other

components of the community strategy

(e.g., police, community leaders); and

(4) projections of future caseloads.

General Fund Appropriation, provided that

funds for HotSpot grants in Carroll, Cecil,

Queen Anne's, and St. Mary's Counties

shall be contingent upon receipt of a report

of the performance of the existing HotSpot

program for fiscal 1998 prior to July 1,

1999; and that it is the intent of the

General Assembly that funds for the

expansion of the HotSpot program may be

used for expansion to new HotSpot

locations and appropriate expansion of

activities at existing HotSpot locations.

Not later than July 1, 1999 a plan shall be

submitted to the budget committees which

shall include the parameters used in

selecting sites either for the expansion of

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