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HOUSE BILL 485
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By: Delegates T. Morgan, Crosby, and M. Morgan
Introduced and read first time: January 20, 2025
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
St. Mary’s County – Corrections 2
FOR the purpose of adding programs that the St. Mary’s County Sheriff is authorized to 3
establish; repealing a requirement that the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee collect 4
the earnings of a certain individual participating in a certain program; authorizing 5
the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee to direct an individual participating in a certain 6
program to provide proof that the individual has made payments toward certain 7
obligations; and generally relating to corrections in St. Mary’s County. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Correctional Services 10
Section 11–720 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Correctional Services 16
11–720. 17
(a) This section applies only in St. Mary’s County. 18
(b) (1) The Sheriff may establish: 19
(i) a home detention program; 20
(II) A DAY REPORTING PROG RAM; 21
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[(ii)] (III) a work release program; 1
(IV) AN IN–PATIENT TREATMENT PR OGRAM; 2
[(iii)] (V) a pretrial release SUPERVISION program; and 3
[(iv)] (VI) a prerelease program. 4
(2) (i) If the Sheriff establishes a program under this section, the 5
Sheriff shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established. 6
(ii) If a condition that a court imposes on an [incarcerated] 7
individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this subsection, the condition 8
imposed by the court controls as to that [incarcerated] individual. 9
(c) (1) At the time of [sentencing] A COURT PROCEEDING or at any time 10
during an individual’s [confinement] PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM , the court may 11
allow the individual to participate in any program established under this section if the 12
individual: 13
(i) is [sentenced] COURT–ORDERED to the custody of the Sheriff; 14
and 15
(ii) has no other charges for a felony or a [violation of a] crime of 16
violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article pending in any jurisdiction. 17
(2) An [incarcerated] individual who is participating in any program 18
established under this section and who is [sentenced to the] AUTHORIZED TO 19
PARTICIPATE IN A St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center PROGRAM 20
may [leave the detention center to], WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SHERIFF OR THE 21
SHERIFF’S DESIGNEE: 22
(i) continue regular employment; 23
(ii) seek new employment; 24
(iii) attend any court–ordered treatment appointments; 25
(iv) receive intensive counseling; 26
(v) obtain academic education; or 27
(vi) maximize use of other community resources or other similar 28
rehabilitative activities. 29
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(d) [(1)] The Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee [shall collect the earnings of an 1
incarcerated individual participating in a program established under this section, less any 2
payroll deduction required by law. 3
(2) From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Sheriff may 4
deduct: 5
(i) the amount determined to be the cost to the county of providing 6
food, lodging, clothing, and transportation for the incarcerated individual; 7
(ii) actual and necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental 8
to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;] MAY DIRECT AN 9
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM ESTABLISHE D UNDER THIS SECTION TO 10
PROVIDE PROOF THAT T HE INDIVIDUAL HAS MA DE PAYMENTS TOWARD A NY OF THE 11
FOLLOWING OBLIGATION S: 12
[(iii)] (1) an amount the [incarcerated] individual is legally 13
obligated [or desires] to pay for the support of a dependent; 14
[(iv) if applicable, a reasonable amount to repay the State or the 15
county for an attorney appointed by the court; and] 16
[(v)] (2) court–ordered payments for restitution[. 17
(3) The Sheriff shall: 18
(i) credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining 19
balance; and 20
(ii) dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as 21
the incarcerated individual requests and the Sheriff approves]; OR 22
(3) COURT–ORDERED FEES OR FINE S. 23
(e) (1) If an [incarcerated] individual violates a trust or a condition that a 24
court or Sheriff has established for participating in any program established under this 25
section, the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee shall notify the court in writing of the violation. 26
(2) An [incarcerated] individual who violates a trust or a condition that a 27
court or Sheriff has established for participating in any program established under this 28
section is subject to: 29
(i) removal from the program; and 30
(ii) cancellation of any earned diminution of the [incarcerated] 31
individual’s term of confinement. 32 4 HOUSE BILL 485
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
October 1, 2025. 2