Section 9-402 - Reimbursement for operating costs - Sentenced inmates. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-402. Reimbursement for operating costs - Sentenced inmates.
 

(a)  "Sentenced inmates" defined.- In this section, "sentenced inmates" means those inmates confined in a local correctional facility after being sentenced to the custody of the local correctional facility for more than 12 months and not more than 18 months. 

(b)  In general.- Subject to subsection (d) of this section, for each fiscal year the State shall provide each county a grant equal to at least $45 for each day from the end of the 12th month through the end of the 18th month that a sentenced inmate was confined in a local correctional facility during the second preceding fiscal year. 

(c)  Grant of reimbursement.- Subject to subsection (d) of this section, for each fiscal year the State shall provide each county a grant equal to at least $45 for each day after the first day through the day of release that an inmate who has been sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction was confined in a local correctional facility during the second preceding fiscal year. 

(d)  Information required; penalty.-  

(1) On or before October 1 of each year, each county shall submit to the Department inmate days reports for the previous fiscal year. 

(2) If a county fails to submit the information required under paragraph (1) of this subsection when due, the Department shall deduct an amount equal to 20% of the grant under subsection (b) of this section for each 30 days or part of 30 days after the due date that the information has not been submitted. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 690(d)(2); 1999, ch. 54, § 2; 2003, ch. 203, § 1; 2009, ch. 487, § 2.]