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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0486* | |
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| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 486 | |
| 11 | 8 | E5 4lr1083 | |
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| 13 | 10 | By: Senators Hayes and M. Washington | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 22, 2024 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Correctional Services – Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | Council – Report 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | to research and review certain information relating to goods and services provided 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | by Maryland Correctional Enterprises; and generally relating to the Maryland 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | Correctional Enterprises Management Council. 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – Correctional Services 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 3–521(a) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | (2017 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12 | |
| 37 | 31 | (As enacted by Chapter 721 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2023) 13 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | BY adding to 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | Article – Correctional Services 15 | |
| 41 | 35 | Section 3–521(e) 16 | |
| 42 | 36 | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 | |
| 43 | 37 | (2017 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 18 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 | |
| 46 | 40 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 | |
| 47 | 41 | ||
| 48 | - | Article – Correctional Services 21 2 SENATE BILL 486 | |
| 42 | + | Article – Correctional Services 21 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 3–521. 22 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (a) (1) The Management Council shall: 23 | |
| 47 | + | 2 SENATE BILL 486 | |
| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | (i) advise Maryland Correctional Enterprises on its specific 1 | |
| 51 | + | proposals to establish new industries and improve the quality and quantity of job training 2 | |
| 52 | + | programs; and 3 | |
| 51 | 53 | ||
| 52 | - | 3–521. 1 | |
| 54 | + | (ii) recommend the establishment and maintenance of industrial 4 | |
| 55 | + | plants and service centers to be used for implementing the programs developed by the 5 | |
| 56 | + | Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer under § 3–511 of this subtitle. 6 | |
| 53 | 57 | ||
| 54 | - | (a) (1) The Management Council shall: 2 | |
| 58 | + | (2) Maryland Correctional Enterprises shall operate industrial plants and 7 | |
| 59 | + | service centers recommended under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection primarily with 8 | |
| 60 | + | incarcerated individuals in a manner that benefits the State and the training of 9 | |
| 61 | + | incarcerated individuals by producing goods or providing services that are practical and 10 | |
| 62 | + | adaptable for a prison industry. 11 | |
| 55 | 63 | ||
| 56 | - | (i) advise Maryland Correctional Enterprises on its specific 3 | |
| 57 | - | proposals to establish new industries and improve the quality and quantity of job training 4 | |
| 58 | - | programs; and 5 | |
| 64 | + | (E) THE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL SHALL: 12 | |
| 59 | 65 | ||
| 60 | - | (ii) recommend the establishment and maintenance of industrial 6 | |
| 61 | - | plants and service centers to be used for implementing the programs developed by the 7 | |
| 62 | - | Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer under § 3–511 of this subtitle. 8 | |
| 66 | + | (1) RESEARCH: 13 | |
| 63 | 67 | ||
| 64 | - | (2) Maryland Correctional Enterprises shall operate industrial plants and 9 | |
| 65 | - | service centers recommended under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection primarily with 10 | |
| 66 | - | incarcerated individuals in a manner that benefits the State and the training of 11 | |
| 67 | - | incarcerated individuals by producing goods or providing services that are practical and 12 | |
| 68 | - | adaptable for a prison industry. 13 | |
| 68 | + | (I) THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE EN TITIES THAT OFFER GO ODS 14 | |
| 69 | + | AND SERVICES THAT AR E ALSO AVAILABLE FROM MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL 15 | |
| 70 | + | ENTERPRISES; AND 16 | |
| 69 | 71 | ||
| 70 | - | (E) THE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL SHALL: 14 | |
| 72 | + | (II) THE AVERAGE PREVAILING MARKET PRICE S FOR THE 17 | |
| 73 | + | GOODS AND SERVICES T HAT ARE AVAILABLE FR OM MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL 18 | |
| 74 | + | ENTERPRISES; 19 | |
| 71 | 75 | ||
| 72 | - | (1) RESEARCH: 15 | |
| 76 | + | (2) COMPARE THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM 20 | |
| 77 | + | MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL ENTERPRISES AND THE C OST OF THE SAME GOODS AND 21 | |
| 78 | + | SERVICES FROM PRIVATE ENTERPRISES ; 22 | |
| 73 | 79 | ||
| 74 | - | ( | |
| 75 | - | AND SERVICES | |
| 76 | - | ENTERPRISES; AND | |
| 80 | + | (3) REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE 23 | |
| 81 | + | STATE SOLICITING PRIVATE ENTERPRISES TO PROVIDE THE GOODS AND SERVICES 24 | |
| 82 | + | PROVIDED BY MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL ENTERPRISES; AND 25 | |
| 77 | 83 | ||
| 78 | - | ( | |
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| 80 | - | ||
| 84 | + | (4) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, REPORT TO THE GENERAL 26 | |
| 85 | + | ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, 27 | |
| 86 | + | ON ITS RESEARCH AND FIN DINGS. 28 | |
| 81 | 87 | ||
| 82 | - | (2) COMPARE THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM 22 | |
| 83 | - | MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL ENTERPRISES AND THE C OST OF THE SAME GOODS AND 23 | |
| 84 | - | SERVICES FROM PRIVATE ENTERPRISES ; 24 | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | (3) REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE 25 | |
| 87 | - | STATE SOLICITING PRIVATE ENTERPRISES TO PROVIDE THE GOODS AND SERVICES 26 | |
| 88 | - | PROVIDED BY MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL ENTERPRISES; AND 27 | |
| 89 | - | ||
| 90 | - | (4) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, REPORT TO THE GENERAL 28 | |
| 91 | - | ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, 29 | |
| 92 | - | ON ITS RESEARCH AND FIN DINGS. 30 | |
| 93 | - | ||
| 94 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 31 | |
| 95 | - | October 1, 2024. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of September 32 SENATE BILL 486 3 | |
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| 98 | - | 30, 2026, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be 1 | |
| 99 | - | abrogated and of no further force and effect. 2 | |
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| 103 | - | Approved: | |
| 104 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 105 | - | Governor. | |
| 106 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 107 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 108 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 109 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 88 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 29 | |
| 89 | + | October 1, 2024. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of September 30 | |
| 90 | + | 30, 2026, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be 31 | |
| 91 | + | abrogated and of no further force and effect. 32 |