Ch. 265

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 265
(Senate Bill 722)

AN ACT concerning

Juvenile Causes - Facilities Used for Detention - Accommodation of
Children Awaiting Placement After Disposition

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a child from being accommodated in a facility used for
detention for more than a certain period of time after the court has made a
disposition on a certain petition except under certain circumstances; authorizing
the court to order that a child be accommodated in a facility used for detention
for a specified period of time under certain circumstances; authorizing the court
to extend the period of time for which a certain child may be accommodated in a
facility used for detention; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to make
submit a certain report reports under certain circumstances if a child remains in
a facility used for detention for the specific act for which the child has been
adjudicated delinquent for more than a certain period of time after the court has
made a disposition on a certain petition; and generally relating to the
accommodation of a child in a facility used for detention after disposition.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-8A-01(m)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-8A-15(k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-8A-19(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

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

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