(8), and 11-724(h)(3) and (4) and (i)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter 54 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999)

BY repealing

Article - Correctional Services

Section 11-703(f)(4), 11-705(h), 11-706(b)(8), 11-711(h)(2), 11-714(c)(6),
11-716(h)(2) and (k)(2), 11-717(f)(2), and 11-724(h)(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter 54 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999)

BY adding to

Article - Correctional Services

Section 11-726

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter 54 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 8-801 through 8-806 of Article - Correctional Services
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (as enacted by Chapter 54 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1999) be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 8-807 and
8-808, respectively, of Article - Correctional Services of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (as enacted by Chapter 54 (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1999) be renumbered to be Section(s) 8-801 and 8-802, respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

[139.

(a) (1) If any individual who is legally detained in the State penitentiary or
a jail, house of correction, reformatory, station house, or other place of confinement in
this State or who is committed to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration for
examination or inpatient treatment escapes, the individual is guilty of a felony and on
conviction by the circuit court for the county in which the escape takes place, is
subject to confinement in the State penitentiary or a jail or house of correction for an
additional period not exceeding 10 years. The sentence imposed under this subsection
shall be consecutive to any sentence which was being served at the time of the escape,
or any sentence which had been imposed but was not yet being served at the time of
sentencing on the escape. A sentence imposed under this subsection may not be
suspended.