assigned to a municipal corporation or county "at its request" is deleted as
unnecessary in light of the reference to § 9-510 of this subtitle, which
authorizes the Governor to assign inmates to a county or municipal
corporation only after receiving a request for the assignment.

Defined terms: "County" § 1-101

"Division of Correction" § 1-101
"Inmate" § 1-101
"Public roads" § 9-501

9-512. DAILY PAYMENTS TO DIVISION; DISPOSITION.

(A) IN GENERAL.

FOR EACH INMATE ASSIGNED TO AND EMPLOYED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION OR A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, RESPECTIVELY,
UNDER § 9-509 OR § 9-511 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION,
COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL PAY TO THE DIVISION OF
CORRECTION THE DAILY SUM AGREED ON WITH THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION FOR
EACH DAY THAT THE INMATE IS EMPLOYED.

(B) PAYMENTS CREDITED TO INMATES; PAYMENTS TO DEPENDENTS.

(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
FROM THE PAYMENTS MADE UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE
DIVISION OF CORRECTION:

(I) SHALL HOLD AN AMOUNT, AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION,
TO THE CREDIT OF THE INMATE ON WHOSE ACCOUNT THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE;
AND

(II) ON RELEASE OR DISCHARGE OF THE INMATE, SHALL PAY TO
THE INMATE THOSE PAYMENTS HELD BY THE DIVISION TO THE CREDIT OF THE
INMATE.

(2) IF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION FINDS THAT THE WIFE, CHILD, OR
OTHER DEPENDENT OF AN INMATE NEEDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THE DIVISION MAY
PAY ALL OR PART OF THE PAYMENTS MADE UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION, AS THE DIVISION CONSIDERS PROPER, TO THE DEPENDENT.

(C) REGULATIONS.

THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS AS NECESSARY TO
GOVERN THE COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS MADE UNDER THIS
SECTION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 27, § 724.

In subsection (a) of this section, the reference to a "municipal corporation"
is substituted for the former reference to a "city or town" for consistency
with Md. Constitution, Art. XI-E.