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Legislation


1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 471

File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Sponsored By:
Delegate Menes
Entitled:
Crimes - Escape - Weekend and Periodic Sentences

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a person who has been ordered by a court to report to a correctional facility for service of a sentence, including weekend and other intermittent sentences, to knowingly fail to appear for service of the sentence in violation of the court order; making a violation an escape; providing penalties; making a person who violates the Act liable for expenses incurred in returning the individual to the correctional facility; and generally relating to escape.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/10
First Reading Judiciary
2/16
Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
3/15
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -see also- PATUXENT INSTITUTION
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
PENALTIES
PRISONERS
SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Correctional Services
( 1-101 )
Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
( 139 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered
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