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*hb0488*
HOUSE BILL 488
E4 4lr2520
CF SB 181
By: Delegates Ruff, Addison, Attar, Bartlett, Boyce, Conaway, Embry, Kaufman,
J. Lewis, McCaskill, Pasteur, Phillips, Rosenberg, Shetty, Simmons,
Solomon, Spiegel, Watson, and Young
Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2024
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations – Training and Reentry Services – Funding 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include a certain appropriation in the annual 3
budget bill for certain fiscal years to provide grants to certain qualifying nonprofit 4
organizations that provide certain services to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated 5
individuals; requiring the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim 6
Services to administer the funds; and generally relating to reentry services and 7
employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Public Safety 10
Section 4–1013 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Public Safety 16
4–1013. 17
(A) IN THIS SECTION, “QUALIFYING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ” MEANS AN 18
ORGANIZATION THAT : 19
(1) PROVIDES TRAINING AND REENTRY ASSISTANCE FOR 20
INCARCERATED AND FOR MERLY INCARCERATED I NDIVIDUALS; 21
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(2) PROVIDES TRAINING FOR AT LEAS T 50 INCARCERATED OR 1
FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVID UALS PER YEAR IN AUT OMOTIVE REPAIR ; 2
(3) IS ABLE TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR CERTIFICATE FROM 3
A NATIONALLY RECOGNI ZED AUTOMOTIVE REPAI R ORGANIZATION TO EL IGIBLE 4
PARTICIPANTS; AND 5
(4) DEMONSTRATES A MINIM UM OF A 50% EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT 6
RATE FOR ELIGIBLE PA RTICIPANTS IN A PAID AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR JO B. 7
(B) FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2028, EACH YEAR THE GOVERNOR 8
SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BILL A N APPROPRIATION OF $1,000,000 9
TO BE USED SOLELY AS AN OPERATING GRANT T O QUALIFYING NONPROFIT 10
ORGANIZATIONS FOR TH E PURPOSE OF PROVIDI NG TRAINING TO FORME RLY 11
INCARCERATED INDIVID UALS IN AUTOMOTIVE R EPAIR. 12
(C) THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION, YOUTH, AND 13
VICTIM SERVICES SHALL ADMINI STER THE GRANT FUNDS TO QUALIFYING 14
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATI ONS IN ACCORDANCE WI TH § 4–1008 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 15
(D) A QUALIFYING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT RE CEIVES A GRANT 16
UNDER THIS SECTION S HALL SUBMIT FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR THE FOLL OWING TO 17
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION, 18
YOUTH, AND VICTIM SERVICES: 19
(1) PROOF OF THE EXPENDI TURE OF THE GRANT FU NDS AND THE 20
PURPOSES FOR WHICH T HE FUNDS WERE EXPEND ED; 21
(2) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCARCERATED AND FOR MERLY 22
INCARCERATED INDIVID UALS WHO RECEIVED SE RVICES; AND 23
(3) ANY RELATED OUTCOME –BASED PERFORMANCE ME ASURES. 24
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED , That this Act shall take effect July 25
1, 2024. It shall remain effective for a period of 4 years and, at the end of June 30, 2028, 26
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 27
of no further force and effect. 28