Md. Code Ann., Correct. Servs. § 3-609

Financial Accounts of Incarcerated Individuals

Effective Oct 1, 2023Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Correctional Services § 3-610 by Acts 2000, c. 224, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2000. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.State of Maryland
  1. (a) A correctional facility in the Division shall maintain a reserve financial account and a spending financial account for each incarcerated individual in the correctional facility.
  2. (b) The accounts of an incarcerated individual may be charged for:

    1. (1) the reasonable value of any State property that the incarcerated individual:

      1. (i) willfully or maliciously destroys; or
      2. (ii) destroys as the result of gross negligence; or
    2. (2) any fees assessed under § 2-118 of this article.
  3. (c) The Commissioner shall adopt regulations that:

    1. (1) set forth those items that may be credited to or disbursed from an account under this section; and
    2. (2) set forth procedures for carrying out this section, including procedures that provide due process of law to each incarcerated individual before the incarcerated individual's accounts may be charged with a disbursement under subsection (b) of this section.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Correctional Services § 3-610 by Acts 2000, c. 224, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2000. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 678B.

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