Section 9-508 - Certification to Governor of inmates available for road work force. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-508. Certification to Governor of inmates available for road work force.
 

(a)  Certification by Commissioner.- The Governor may require that the Commissioner of Correction certify to the Governor the number of male inmates who are confined in correctional facilities in the Division of Correction and who are available and physically able to work on public roads of the State. 

(b)  Certification by local governing body.- If the governing body of a county or municipal corporation desires that inmates of a correctional facility under its jurisdiction work on public roads of the State, the governing body may certify to the Governor the number of male inmates who are available and physically able to perform the work. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 720; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]