In subsection (a)(1) of this section, the former reference to the clerk of the
court in the county from which a "case [was] removed" is deleted as
unnecessary in light of the synonymous reference to the clerk of the court
in the county in which the indictment or information was filed.

In subsection (a)(2) of this section, the former reference to the Governor "of
the State of Maryland" is deleted as implicit in the reference to the
"Governor".

Article - State Finance and Procurement

SUBTITLE 5. PAYMENTS.

10-501. PAYMENT TO INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED, SENTENCED, AND CONFINED IN
ERROR

(A) IN GENERAL.

(1) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS MAY GRANT TO AN INDIVIDUAL ERRONEOUSLY CONVICTED,
SENTENCED, AND CONFINED UNDER STATE LAW FOR A CRIME THE INDIVIDUAL DID
NOT COMMIT AN AMOUNT COMMENSURATE WITH THE ACTUAL DAMAGES
SUSTAINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL DUE TO THE CONFINEMENT.

(2) IN MAKING A GRANT UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL USE MONEY IN THE GENERAL EMERGENCY
FUND OR MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR PROVIDES IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

(B) ELIGIBILITY.

AN INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION ONLY IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNOR A FULL
PARDON STATING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL'S CONVICTION HAS BEEN SHOWN
CONCLUSIVELY TO BE IN ERROR

(C) PAYMENT OPTIONS.

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY PAY THE GRANT DETERMINED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION IN A LUMP SUM OR IN INSTALLMENTS.

(D) PROHIBITED PAYMENTS.

(1) THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY NOT PAY ANY PART OF A GRANT
MADE UNDER THIS SECTION TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN THE PARDONED
INDIVIDUAL.

(2) (I) AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT PAY ANY PART OF A GRANT RECEIVED
UNDER THIS SECTION TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE COLLECTION OF THE GRANT.

(II) AN OBLIGATION INCURRED IN VIOLATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH

IS VOID.