[(c)] (D) The appointing authority must certify to the Secretary that the
hiring process was conducted in accordance with the selection plan and this subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 432
(House Bill 552)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Law - Juvenile Detention Facilities - Standards

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to adopt certain
standards for juvenile detention facilities; requiring the Department to ensure
that certain juvenile detention facilities come into compliance with certain
standards by a certain date; requiring the Department to adopt certain
regulations; requiring the Department to submit certain reports to the Governor
and the General Assembly on or before a certain date; defining a certain term;
requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to conduct a study of juvenile
detention; requiring the Department to develop standards for juvenile detention
in certain facilities; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the
General Assembly on or before a certain date; and generally relating to
standards for juvenile detention centers facilities.

BY adding to

Article 83C—Juvenile Justice
Section 2-134

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 83C—Juvenile Justice

2-134.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY" MEANS A FACILITY
OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR BY A PRIVATE AGENCY UNDER CONTRACT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT AND USED TO TEMPORARILY DETAIN CHILDREN WHO ARE
AWAITING AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING UNDER § 3-819 OF THE COURTS ARTICLE, A
DISPOSITION HEARING UNDER § 3-820 OF THE COURTS ARTICLE, OR PLACEMENT BY
THE JUVENILE COURT AFTER A DISPOSITION HEARING.