1. (a)

   1. (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
   2. (2) “Division custody” means confinement resulting from a sentence to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction.

   3. (3)

      1. (i) “Non-Division custody” means any postsentencing criminal confinement other than Division custody.

      2. (ii) “Non-Division custody” includes confinement resulting from a sentence to:

         1. 1. a local correctional facility; or
         2. 2. a correctional facility in a foreign jurisdiction.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A sentence to a term of Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Non-Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Non-Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.
   2. (2) A sentence to a term of Non-Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.

3. (c) A sentence imposed consecutive to a term of confinement for which the defendant is on parole shall begin:

   1. (1) if, at the time of sentencing, parole is revoked, on expiration of the original term of confinement; or
   2. (2) if parole is not revoked, on the date that the consecutive sentence was imposed.
4. (d) An incarcerated individual under a sentence to a term of Division custody that is concurrent or partially concurrent to a term of Non-Division custody shall be subject to Division custody immediately on release from Non-Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2000, c. 61, § 1, eff. April 25, 2000; Acts 2004, c. 316, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2009, c. 60, § 1, eff. April 14, 2009; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 690C.