S.B. 365                                                  VETOES

4-302.

(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the
jurisdiction of the District Court is concurrent with that of the circuit court in a
criminal case:

(i) In which the penalty may be confinement for 3 years or more or
a fine of $2,500 or more; or

(ii) Which is a felony, as provided in § 4-301(b)(2), (6), (7), (8), (9),
(10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), [and] (18), AND (10) of this subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

May 22, 2.003

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, today I have
vetoed Senate Bill 365 - Public Safety - Mandatory Supervision - Diminution Credits
and Sentences.

This bill broadens the prohibition against awarding previously earned diminution
credits to an inmate whose mandatory supervision release is revoked for the
commission of a crime while on release by prohibiting the application of any
diminution credits that may have previously been earned by the inmate prior to
release, regardless of whether the crime was violent or not.

House Bill 706, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes .the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 365.

Sincerely,

Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.

Governor

Senate Bill No. 365

AN ACT concerning

Public Safety - Mandatory Supervision - Diminution Credits and Sentences

FOR the purpose of broadening the prohibition against awarding certain inmates
certain diminution credits on a sentence to apply to inmates who are convicted
and sentenced to imprisonment for any crime committed while on mandatory
supervision that is later revoked; providing for the application of this Act; and

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