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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 507
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(2) (i) The sheriff shall receive and keep safely in a local correctional
facility each individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under authority of the
United States until the individual is discharged by due course of law.
(ii) An individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under the
authority of the United States shall be kept in the same manner and be subject to the
same penalties as an individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under the
authority of the State.
(iii) For keeping and supporting an individual committed to the
custody of the sheriff under the authority of the United States, a sheriff is entitled to
receive 30 cents per day to be paid by the United States.
(b) (1) In a county that has adopted a charter under Article XI-A of the
Maryland Constitution, the county council, by resolution or law, may provide for the
appointment of a qualified individual as managing official of the local correctional
facility and for qualified assistants necessary to perform the duties of that office.
(2) A managing official is responsible for the safekeeping, care, and
feeding of inmates in the custody of a local correctional facility, including an inmate
who is working on the public highways or going to and from that work, until the
inmate is discharged, released, or withdrawn from the local correctional facility by
due course of law.
(3) Except as specifically provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
this subsection does not affect the powers and duties of the sheriff of a county relating
to custody and safekeeping of inmates.
(c) (1) The County Council of Anne Arundel County, by resolution or law,
may provide for the custody, safekeeping, and transportation of inmates by certified
law enforcement officers other than the Sheriff.
(2) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY, BY RESOLUTION
OR LAW, MAY PROVIDE FOR THE CUSTODY, SAFEKEEPING, AND TRANSPORTATION OF
INMATES BY CORRECTIONS OFFICERS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OTHER
THAN THE SHERIFF.
(d) The County Council of Baltimore County, by resolution or law, may require
that the Sheriff of Baltimore County operate and administer the Baltimore County
Jail.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2000.
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Approved May 18, 2000.
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