ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 237

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 8-6A-01 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 6A. Maryland Substance
Abuse Fund"; and 8-1001 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 10. Local
Drug and Alcohol Councils"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Transportation
Section 16-117 and 16-117.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Correctional Services

7-301.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commission shall
request that the Division of Parole and Probation make an investigation for inmates
in a local correctional facility and the Division of Correction make an investigation for
inmates in a State correctional facility that will enable the Commission to determine
the advisability of granting parole to an inmate who:

(i) has been sentenced under the laws of the State to serve a term
of 6 months or more in a correctional facility; and

(ii) has served in confinement one-fourth of the inmate's aggregate
sentence.

(2)     Except as PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION, OR AS
otherwise provided by law or in a predetermined parole release agreement, an inmate
is not eligible for parole until the inmate has served in confinement one-fourth of the
inmate's aggregate sentence.

(3)     AN INMATE MAY BE RELEASED ON PAROLE AT ANY TIME IN ORDER
TO UNDERGO DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT IF THE INMATE:

(I)      IS NOT SERVING A SENTENCE FOR A CRIME OF VIOLENCE, AS
DEFINED IN § 14-101 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE;

(II)     IS NOT SERVING A SENTENCE FOR A VIOLATION OF TITLE 3,
SUBTITLE 6, § 5-608(D), § 5-609(D), § 5-612, § 5-613, § 5-614, § 5-621, § 5-622, OR § 5-628
OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE; AND

(III)   HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE AMENABLE TO DRUG OR
ALCOHOL TREATMENT.

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