<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-101" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Board” means the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“State correctional facility” has the meaning stated in § 11–101 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-102" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>advise the Board in connection with each engineering question or matter concerning construction of a State correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>supervise each engineering question or matter concerning the design or construction of a State correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>subject to subsection (b) of this section, approve each architectural and engineering design and service in connection with the construction of a State correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>examine and approve or disapprove each design, plan, and specification prepared in connection with the preparation or execution of a contract for construction of a State correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Architectural and engineering services shall be procured as provided under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-103" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <text>A contract, plan, design, or specification for construction of a State correctional facility that involves an engineering question is subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-104" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>inspect and approve or disapprove the material, equipment, and methods used to construct a State correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>inspect the State correctional facility during the course of construction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The duty of the Department under this section does not relieve an architect or engineer of a supervisory responsibility for which the architect or engineer is employed.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-105" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>represent the Board at the opening of bids for contracts related to construction of a State correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>tabulate and record the bids; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>advise the Board on the bids.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-106" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 4-310 through 4-315 of the State Finance and Procurement Article:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the purchase of all supplies, materials, and equipment for construction of a State correctional facility is subject to the approval of the Secretary;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>payment of an invoice for supplies, materials, or equipment that the Department purchases for construction of a State correctional facility may not occur until the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee approves the invoice; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Secretary shall set standards that are consistent with the provisions of Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article for the purchase of supplies, materials, and equipment by the Department for the construction of a State correctional facility.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-107" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Construction of Facilities"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Board may not approve a contract to construct or renovate a State correctional facility for the Department, if the construction or renovation will provide more than 3,400 beds in the Jessup area of Anne Arundel and Howard counties.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The total number of beds shall be computed as follows:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Jessup Pre–Release Unit (including new drug unit) 184;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Patuxent Institution 640;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Maryland Correctional Institution for Women 249;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>Brockbridge Correctional Facility 515;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>House of Correction, for renovation or replacements (512+500+400+400) 1,812; and</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>Total 3,400.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The limitation established under this section does not apply to a community adult rehabilitation center.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-201" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <text>In this subtitle, “Office” means the Inmate Grievance Office.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-202" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <text>There is an Inmate Grievance Office in the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-203" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint an Executive Director of the Office.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Executive Director serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Executive Director is entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In accordance with the State budget, the Secretary may provide the Office with the administrative, secretarial, and clerical employees necessary for the efficient administration of the powers and duties of the Office.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-204" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <text>Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the Office may adopt regulations governing the conduct of its proceedings under this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-205" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <text>The Office shall keep a record of all complaints submitted to the Office under this subtitle and the disposition of each complaint.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The record shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-206" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if an individual confined in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction, otherwise in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, or confined in the Patuxent Institution has a grievance against an official or employee of the Division of Correction or the Patuxent Institution, the individual may submit a complaint to the Office within the time and in the manner required by regulations adopted by the Office.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the Division of Correction or the Patuxent Institution has a grievance procedure applicable to the particular grievance of an individual described in subsection (a) of this section and the Office considers the procedure to be reasonable and fair, the Office, by regulation, may require that the procedure be exhausted before submission of a complaint to the Office.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-207" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <text>The Executive Director or the Director’s designee shall conduct a preliminary review of each complaint submitted to the Office.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>After preliminary review, if the complaint is determined to be wholly lacking in merit on its face, the Executive Director or the Director’s designee may dismiss the complaint without a hearing or specific findings of fact.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The order of dismissal shall be forwarded to the complainant within 60 days after the complaint was submitted to the Office.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The order of dismissal constitutes the final decision of the Secretary for purposes of judicial review.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>After preliminary review, if the complaint is not found to be wholly lacking in merit on its face, the Office shall refer the complaint to the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing on the complaint as promptly as practicable.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-208" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <text>The Office of Administrative Hearings may conduct hearings under this subtitle at correctional facilities in the Division of Correction or at the Patuxent Institution.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall have access to documentary evidence of any person or facility that is the subject of an investigation or proceeding under this subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>at all reasonable times; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for the purpose of examining and copying the evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Office of Administrative Hearings may issue subpoenas requiring:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the attendance and testimony of witnesses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the production of documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The administrative law judge presiding at a hearing may administer oaths.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A record of the testimony presented at the hearing shall be kept in accordance with regulations adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The complainant has the right to appear before the Office of Administrative Hearings and to be represented by an attorney of the complainant’s choice at the complainant’s expense.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The complainant shall have the opportunity to call a reasonable number of witnesses depending on the circumstances and the nature of the complaint, subject to the discretion of the Office of Administrative Hearings and the Inmate Grievance Office as to the relevance of the testimony and questions and the number of witnesses sought to be called.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The complainant shall have a reasonable opportunity to question any witness who testifies before the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The rights of the complainant under this subsection may not be unreasonably withheld or restricted by the Office of Administrative Hearings or the Inmate Grievance Office.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-209" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Promptly after the hearing on a complaint, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall issue a decision in the form of an order.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The order shall include a statement of the findings of fact, the conclusions of law, and the disposition of the complaint under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>If the Office of Administrative Hearings dismisses the complaint as wholly lacking in merit, it promptly shall forward an order of dismissal to the complainant.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The order of dismissal constitutes the final decision of the Secretary for purposes of judicial review.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Office of Administrative Hearings concludes that the complaint is wholly or partly meritorious, it promptly shall forward a proposed order to the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Within 15 days after receiving a proposed order under subsection (b)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall issue an order affirming, reversing, or modifying the order of the Office of Administrative Hearings, or remanding the complaint to the Office of Administrative Hearings for further proceedings.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary may take any action the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the findings of the Office of Administrative Hearings, including ordering the appropriate official to accept as a whole or in part the recommendation of the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>The Secretary’s order shall be forwarded promptly to the complainant.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Unless the complaint is remanded, the Secretary’s order constitutes the final decision for purposes of judicial review.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-210" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inmate Grievance Office"> <level label="a"> <text>A court may not consider an individual’s grievance that is within the jurisdiction of the Office or the Office of Administrative Hearings unless the individual has exhausted the remedies provided in this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The complainant is entitled to judicial review of the final decision of the Secretary under § 10–207(b)(2)(ii) or § 10–209(b)(1)(ii) or (c)(3)(ii) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Proceedings for review shall be instituted in the circuit court of the county in which the complainant is confined.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Review by the court shall be limited to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a review of the record of the proceedings before the Office and the Office of Administrative Hearings and any order issued by the Secretary following those proceedings; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a determination of whether the complainant’s rights under federal or State law were violated.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrative Procedure Act does not apply to appellate review of a final judgment of the circuit court under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A party aggrieved by the decision of the circuit court may file an application for leave to appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland in accordance with the Maryland Rules.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-301" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Board” means the Sundry Claims Board.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Permanent partial disability” has the same meaning given under Title 9, Subtitle 6, Part IV of the Labor and Employment Article.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Permanent total disability” has the same meaning given under Title 9, Subtitle 6, Part V of the Labor and Employment Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-302" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <text>There is a Sundry Claims Board in the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-303" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <text>The Board consists of the following three members:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or the Secretary’s representative;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Budget and Management, or the Secretary’s representative; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Comptroller, or the Comptroller’s representative.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Governor shall designate one member of the Board as chairperson and another member as secretary of the Board.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The chairperson may call a meeting of the Board.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Each member of the Board is entitled to reimbursement of expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-304" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <text>The Board shall administer benefits as provided under this subtitle to an individual who, while an incarcerated individual in the Patuxent Institution, the Baltimore City Detention Center, or a correctional facility in the Division of Correction:</text> <level label="1"> <text>was engaged in work for which wages or a stipulated sum of money was paid by a correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>sustained a permanent partial disability or permanent total disability:</text> <level label="i"> <text>as a result of a personal injury arising out of and in the course of work for which wages or a stipulated sum of money was paid by a correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>that incapacitated the individual or materially reduced the individual’s earning power in that type of work.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-305" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>An injured incarcerated individual may file a claim for compensation against the State under this subtitle with the Board.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Board may receive original papers representing a claim even if the State has not appropriated money to pay the claim.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An injured incarcerated individual shall file a claim with the Board by the later of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>12 months after being released from the correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>24 months after the date of injury.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Board shall file and properly designate each claim by number, short title, or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-306" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <text>With respect to any claim, a member of the Board may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>administer oaths; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>issue subpoenas to compel:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the attendance of witnesses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the production of pertinent records or documents.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board may petition a circuit court for an order of contempt against a person who refuses to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>comply with a subpoena issued by a Board member;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>comply with a request by a Board member to be sworn to an oath; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>answer as a witness before the Board.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-307" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Board shall investigate each claim filed under § 10–305 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>After its investigation, the Board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>approve the claim;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>approve the claim subject to conditions and limitations; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>disapprove the claim.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Board shall append to the original papers representing the claim a concise written statement of the facts developed in the proceedings on which its approval, conditional or limited approval, or disapproval is based.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Board shall file the original papers representing the claim and all appended documents in the office of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The Board shall send a copy of the original papers representing the claim and all appended documents to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Comptroller; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Budget and Management.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The Comptroller and the Secretary of Budget and Management shall keep a record of the documents sent by the Secretary under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The original papers representing the claim and all appended documents constitute a permanent claims record.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-308" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <text>In determining what compensation, if any, to allow a claimant, the Board shall consider:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the good faith of the claimant;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the possibility that the alleged injury was self–inflicted or not accidental;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the extent and nature of the injury;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the degree of disability;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the period of disability or incapacity for other work; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the ordinary earning power of the claimant.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Governor shall include money to pay a claim that is approved by the Board in the State budget for the fiscal year that follows the fiscal year in which the Board approves the claim.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Board shall pay to the claimant or the claimant’s representative any compensation approved by the Board and included in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The compensation authorized under this subtitle is the exclusive remedy against the State for a claim that falls within the jurisdiction of the Board.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An incarcerated individual working under the supervision of Maryland Correctional Enterprises in the Federal Prison Industry Enhancement Program:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is excluded from the jurisdiction of the Board; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>shall be administered benefits as provided under Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-309" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A claimant aggrieved by a final determination of the Board may file a petition for judicial review in the circuit court of the county where the injury occurred or where the claimant resides.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Board may be a party to the action.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The circuit court may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>affirm the Board’s determination;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>reverse or modify a determination it finds to be arbitrary or unreasonable; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>remand the case and direct the Board to consider the matter further or make additional findings of fact.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The claimant or the Board may appeal a decision of the circuit court to the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-310" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sundry Claims Board"> <text>Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the Board may adopt regulations governing claims filed under this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-401" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <text>In this subtitle, “committee” means a citizens’ advisory committee established under this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-402" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <text>There is a citizens’ advisory committee for the State correctional facilities located in or planned for location in each of the following areas:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Baltimore City;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Cumberland;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Hagerstown;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Jessup; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Somerset County.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-403" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (f)(1) of this section, a committee consists of the following seven members:</text> <level label="1"> <text>one member appointed by the Governor and nominated by the Senator of the legislative district in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>three members appointed by the Governor, each one nominated by a different Delegate in the legislative district in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>three members appointed by the Governor to provide, to the extent possible, legal, law enforcement, and business representatives on the committee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Governor shall appoint each individual nominated by a Senator or Delegate for a vacancy on a committee within 60 days after receipt of the nominee’s name.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Each member nominated by a Senator or Delegate must be a resident of the legislative district in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each member appointed by the Governor under subsection (a)(3) of this section, must be a resident of the county in which the State correctional facilities are located or planned for location.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (f)(3) of this section and except for the initial appointments to a committee, the term of a member is 3 years.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the committee on October 1, 1999.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>In Somerset County, the committee consists of the following eight members:</text> <level label="i"> <text>one member appointed by the Governor and nominated by the Senator from Legislative District 38;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>three members appointed by the Governor, each one nominated by a different Delegate from Legislative District 38;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>three members appointed by the Governor to provide, to the extent possible, legal, law enforcement, and business representatives on the committee; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a Somerset County Commissioner appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Somerset County.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each member of the committee must be a resident of Somerset County.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The term of the Somerset County Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1)(iv) of this subsection is equal to the Commissioner’s elected term.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-404" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <level label="a"> <text>From among its members, each committee shall elect a chairperson.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The manner of election shall be as each committee determines.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-405" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <level label="a"> <text>A majority of the members then serving on a committee is a quorum.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Each committee shall meet at least once every 3 months.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The meetings of each committee shall be held:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in a State correctional facility in a space designated by the managing official of the facility; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if a State correctional facility is being planned, in a location accessible to the members of the committee.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A member of a committee may not receive compensation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-406" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <text>The Department shall provide staff to a committee in accordance with the State budget.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-407" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Citizens' Advisory Committee"> <text>A committee may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>report to the Commissioner of Correction and the Governor about the concerns of the people who reside in the vicinity of each State correctional facility assigned to the committee;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>be available to interpret programs and problems relating to each State correctional facility assigned to the committee to the people who reside in the vicinity of each facility; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>perform other services and responsibilities considered necessary.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-501" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <text>In this subtitle, “fund” means an incarcerated individual welfare fund established under § 10–502 of this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-502" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <level label="a"> <text>There is an incarcerated individual welfare fund in each State correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A fund may be used only for goods and services that benefit the general incarcerated individual population as defined by regulations that the Department adopts.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-503" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Each fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Each fund consists of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>profits derived from the sale of goods through the commissary operation and telephone and vending machine commissions; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, money received from other sources.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Money from the General Fund of the State may not be transferred by budget amendment or otherwise to a fund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Treasurer shall separately hold and the Comptroller shall account for each fund.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Each fund is subject to an audit by the Office of Legislative Audits under § 2-1220 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Each fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State funds.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Any investment earnings are not a part of the fund.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-504" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <text>The Comptroller shall pay out money from each fund as approved in the State budget.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-601" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Correctional Facilities Operated by Other States"> <level label="a"> <text>As used in this section, “facility” means a correctional facility of any kind for adults or juveniles.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Another state may not begin construction or otherwise locate a facility in this State unless the other state submits a written request for approval to construct or locate the facility to and receives approval from:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in the case of a facility for adults; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Juvenile Services, in the case of a facility for juveniles.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services may approve or disapprove a request for approval to construct or locate a facility for adults in this State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary of Juvenile Services may approve or disapprove a request for approval to construct or locate a facility for juveniles in this State.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Approval or disapproval shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>after consultation with the Governor, the governing body of the county in which the facility will be located, and the community in which the facility will be located; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in accordance with applicable standards concerning the location of facilities.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If another state has an existing facility in this State, the other state may not increase the incarcerated individual population of that facility by more than 5% unless the other state first submits a written request for the increase to and receives approval for the increase from:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, in the case of a facility for adults; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Secretary of Juvenile Services, in the case of a facility for juveniles.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-701" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Intelligence and Investigative Division"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>There is an Intelligence and Investigative Division in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall appoint the Director of the Intelligence and Investigative Division.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to the authority of the Secretary, the Intelligence and Investigative Division shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>investigate:</text> <level label="1"> <text>alleged criminal violations committed by employees of the Department while on duty;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>alleged criminal violations committed by incarcerated individuals, visitors, and other individuals that affect the safety or security of the Department’s facilities or programs; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>alleged professional misconduct by employees of the Department;</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the conduct of its investigations; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>oversee and coordinate all intelligence efforts within the Department.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An investigator in the Intelligence and Investigative Division may exercise the powers of a peace or police officer in the State on property that is owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>An investigator in the Intelligence and Investigative Division may exercise the powers of a peace or police officer in the State on property that is not owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Department when:</text> <level label="i"> <text>engaged in fresh pursuit of a suspected offender;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>requested or authorized to do so by the chief executive officer or chief police officer of a county;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>necessary to facilitate the orderly flow of traffic to and from property owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>necessary to investigate and protect property that is owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Department;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>engaged in an active and official investigation of the conduct of an employee of the Department when the employee’s alleged conduct will compromise the safety or security of the Department’s facilities or programs;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>engaged in an active and official investigation of an incarcerated individual in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services, an incarcerated individual subject to the jurisdiction of the Patuxent Institution, or an individual sentenced to probation or released on parole or mandatory supervision; or</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>ordered to do so by the Governor.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>When acting under the authority granted in this subsection in connection with an investigation or enforcement action, the Intelligence and Investigative Division shall notify the following persons:</text> <level label="i"> <text>when in an incorporated municipality, the chief of police, if any, or the chief’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>when in a county that has a county police department, the chief of police or the chief’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>when in a county without a police department, the sheriff or the sheriff’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>when in Baltimore City, the Police Commissioner or the Police Commissioner’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>when on any property owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Department of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary’s designee;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>when on any property owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Maryland Transportation Authority, the Maryland Aviation Administration, or the Maryland Port Administration, the respective chief of police or the chief’s designee; and</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>unless there is an agreement otherwise with the Department of State Police, the Department of State Police barrack commander or designee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The notification required under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be made:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in advance, if practicable; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if advance notification is not practicable, as soon as possible after the exercise of the powers.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>When acting under the authority granted in this subsection, a member of the Intelligence and Investigative Division shall have all the immunities from liability and exemptions as that of a State Police officer in addition to any other immunities and exemptions to which the member may otherwise be entitled.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A member of the Intelligence and Investigative Division who uses the authority granted in this subsection shall at all times and for all purposes remain an employee of the Intelligence and Investigative Division.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An individual who is employed as an investigator in the Intelligence and Investigative Division shall meet the minimum qualifications required and satisfactorily complete the training prescribed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-702" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Intelligence and Investigative Division"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Offender” has the meaning stated in § 6–101 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Program” has the meaning stated in § 6–101 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>There is a Warrant Apprehension Unit in the Intelligence and Investigative Division.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Director of the Intelligence and Investigative Division may authorize employees of the Warrant Apprehension Unit of the Intelligence and Investigative Division to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>execute warrants for the retaking of offenders;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>execute warrants for the arrest of probationers for whom a warrant is issued for an alleged violation of probation;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>obtain and execute search warrants as authorized under § 6–109 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>arrest offenders in the program as authorized under § 2–207 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An Intelligence and Investigative Division employee who is authorized to make arrests under this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>meet the minimum qualifications required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>complete satisfactorily the training prescribed by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>An Intelligence and Investigative Division employee who is authorized to make arrests under this section may also exercise the powers of a peace officer and police officer.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-801" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>“contraband” means any item, material, substance, or other thing of value that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is not authorized for incarcerated individual possession by the Commissioner of Correction, the Director of Patuxent Institution, the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services, or the warden of a State correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is brought into a State correctional facility in a manner prohibited by the Commissioner of Correction, the Director of Patuxent Institution, the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services, or the warden of a State correctional facility; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“contraband” includes any other property defined in regulations by the Commissioner of Correction, the Director of Patuxent Institution, or the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A State correctional facility shall hold for 30 days any personal property of an incarcerated individual that comes into the possession of any official or employee of the State correctional facility:</text> <level label="i"> <text>as the result of an escape by the incarcerated individual; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>because the personal property has been unclaimed by an incarcerated individual who has the right to its possession.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>During the 30–day holding period, the State correctional facility shall post notice in a conspicuous location in the State correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The State correctional facility shall deliver personal property being held by the State correctional facility to an incarcerated individual if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the property is claimed within the 30–day holding period;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the incarcerated individual satisfactorily establishes a right to possession of the property; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the incarcerated individual gives a proper receipt for the property.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Commissioner of Correction, the Director of the Patuxent Institution, and the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services shall adopt regulations:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to define what property constitutes contraband in State correctional facilities;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to establish procedures for the confiscation of contraband by staff of State correctional facilities; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>to establish procedures governing hearings on the issue of forfeiture of confiscated property.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual whose property is confiscated as contraband shall be notified of the right to have the property removed from the State correctional facility or sent to a person outside the State correctional facility at the incarcerated individual’s expense.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If an incarcerated individual fails to have property removed from or sent outside the State correctional facility within 30 days after receipt of notice of confiscation, the property shall be deemed abandoned property under subsection (d)(2) and (3) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>Property confiscated as contraband may be subject to forfeiture.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Property may not be forfeited under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, unless, prior to forfeiture, the State correctional facility provides notice to the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>that the property has been confiscated; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>of the right to a hearing on the issue of forfeiture.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>A hearing on a disciplinary infraction may include the adjudication of any issue of forfeiture of confiscated property.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Personal property that is unclaimed within the 30–day holding period established under subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed abandoned property.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Abandoned property may be sold, converted to the use of the Division of Correction, the Patuxent Institution, or the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with procedures established by regulation.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>All claims to abandoned property are absolutely barred.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>This section does not create or recognize any cause, action, or defense or abridge any immunity of the Department or any of its units, officials, or employees.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This section does not affect the authority of State correctional facilities to seize and dispose of personal property that is contraband per se in accordance with applicable law without a hearing.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-901" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Appointing authority” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Correctional officer” means an employee of the Department working in a State correctional facility who serves in the classification of correctional officer II, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, or major, and includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a correctional dietary officer;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a correctional maintenance officer;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a correctional laundry officer;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a correctional recreation officer; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a correctional supply officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“Hearing” means a proceeding during an investigation conducted by a hearing board to take testimony or receive other evidence, or a contested case proceeding before the Office of Administrative Hearings, elected by the correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Hearing” does not include an interrogation at which no testimony is taken under oath.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Hearing board” means a hearing board that is authorized under § 10–908 of this subtitle to hold a hearing on a complaint against a correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Intelligence and Investigative Division” means the Intelligence and Investigative Division established under § 10–701 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Misconduct” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>engaging in intentional behavior, without justification, that injures another person, causes damage to property, or threatens the safety of the workplace;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>engaging in unjustifiably offensive conduct toward fellow employees, incarcerated individuals, or the public;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>using excessive force in the treatment or care of an incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>possessing or trafficking in contraband at a Department facility;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>being on duty while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, or while engaged in the illegal use of a prescription drug;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>engaging in a social, personal, intimate, or sexual relationship with an incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>stealing State property with a value of $300 or less;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or illegality;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>willfully making a false official statement or report;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>violating a lawful order or failing to obey a lawful order given by a superior;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>engaging in any of the actions that are cause for automatic termination of employment under § 11–105 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; or</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>committing any violation of the Department’s Standards of Conduct.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-902" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>The purpose of this subtitle is to establish exclusive procedures for the investigation and discipline of a correctional officer for alleged misconduct.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The disciplinary actions authorized under this subtitle are those authorized under §§ 11–104 and 11–105 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-903" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this subtitle supersede any inconsistent provisions of any other State law, including § 11–106 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, that conflict with this subtitle to the extent of the conflict.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not limit the authority of the appointing authority to regulate the competent and effective operation and management of a State correctional facility by reasonable means including the transfer and reassignment of employees if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>that action is not punitive in nature; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the appointing authority determines that action to be in the best interests of the internal management of the correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-904" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>A correctional officer may not be required or requested to disclose an item of the correctional officer’s property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of a member of the correctional officer’s family or household, unless the disclosure is required by federal or State law or the information is necessary to investigate a possible conflict of interest with respect to the performance of the correctional officer’s duties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A correctional officer may not be discharged, disciplined, or demoted, denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to the correctional officer’s employment or be threatened with that treatment because the correctional officer:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has exercised or demanded the rights granted by this subtitle; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has lawfully exercised constitutional rights.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The right of a correctional officer to bring suit arising out of the correctional officer’s duties as a correctional officer may not be abridged by rule, regulation, or policy.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A correctional officer may waive any or all of the rights under this subtitle if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the waiver is signed and acknowledged by the correctional officer; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the waiver is given after the correctional officer is given an opportunity to consult with legal counsel selected by the correctional officer or a representative from the correctional officer’s employee organization.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-905" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>The investigation or interrogation by the appointing authority or by the Intelligence and Investigative Division of a correctional officer for a reason that may lead to disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal shall be conducted in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The investigating officer or interrogating officer shall be a member of the Intelligence and Investigative Division or a designee of the appointing authority.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>At least 24 hours before an interrogation, the correctional officer under investigation shall be informed of the name, rank, and command of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the person in charge of the investigation;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the interrogating officer; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>each individual who will be present during the interrogation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At least 24 hours before an interrogation, the correctional officer under investigation shall be informed in writing by the appointing authority of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the nature of the investigation; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the correctional officer’s rights under this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If the correctional officer under interrogation is under arrest, or is likely to be placed under arrest as a result of the interrogation, the correctional officer shall be informed completely of the correctional officer’s constitutional rights before the interrogation begins.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Unless the seriousness of the investigation is of a degree that an immediate interrogation is required, the interrogation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably when the correctional officer is on duty.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The interrogation shall take place at:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the appointing authority’s office;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the appointing authority’s conference room; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>another reasonable and appropriate place.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>All questions directed to the correctional officer under interrogation shall be asked by one person during any one session of interrogation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each session of interrogation shall allow for personal necessities and rest periods as reasonably necessary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>The correctional officer under interrogation may not be threatened with criminal prosecution, transfer, dismissal, or disciplinary action.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>If requested by or on behalf of the correctional officer under investigation, the correctional officer may not be questioned or interrogated, and any current questioning or interrogation must cease, unless:</text> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>the correctional officer is represented by legal counsel selected by the correctional officer;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the correctional officer is represented by an agent of the exclusive representative of the correctional officer designated under § 3–406 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the correctional officer chooses an agent of the employee organization selected by the correctional officer for an investigation under this subtitle if the correctional officer is not within the bargaining unit for which an exclusive representative is designated; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the legal counsel or the agent selected by the correctional officer is present and available for consultation at all times during the interrogation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, if representation is not available, the interrogation shall be suspended until representation is obtained.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A suspension of interrogation under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may not exceed 10 days unless the appointing authority, for good cause shown, extends the period for obtaining representation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>During the interrogation, the correctional officer’s counsel or representative may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>request a recess at any time to consult with the correctional officer;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>object to any question posed; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>state on the record outside the presence of the correctional officer the reason for the objection.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <level label="1"> <text>A complete record shall be kept of the entire interrogation, including all recess periods.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The record shall be made by electronic equipment or by a stenographer.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On completion of the investigation, and on request of the correctional officer or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative, a copy of the record of the interrogation shall be provided within 5 days of the request.</text> </level> </level> <level label="k"> <level label="1"> <text>The person assigned to conduct the investigation may order the correctional officer under investigation to submit to blood alcohol tests, blood, breath, or urine tests for controlled dangerous substances, polygraph examinations, or interrogations that specifically relate to the subject matter of the investigation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the correctional officer is ordered to submit to a test, examination, or interrogation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection and the correctional officer refuses to do so, the appointing authority may commence an action that may lead to discipline as a result of the refusal.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If a correctional officer is ordered to submit to a test, examination, or interrogation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the results of the test, examination, or interrogation are not admissible or discoverable in a criminal proceeding against the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="l"> <level label="1"> <text>If the correctional officer is ordered to submit to a polygraph examination, the results of the polygraph examination may not be used as evidence in a hearing board or an administrative hearing unless the appointing authority and the correctional officer agree to the admission of the results.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The correctional officer’s counsel or representative need not be present during the actual administration of a polygraph examination by a certified polygrapher if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the questions to be asked are reviewed with the correctional officer or the counsel or representative before the administration of the examination;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the counsel or representative is allowed to observe the administration of the examination; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a copy of the final report of the examination by the certified polygrapher is made available to the correctional officer or the counsel or representative within a reasonable time, not exceeding 10 days, after completion of the examination.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="m"> <text>On completion of an investigation and at least 20 days before a hearing, the correctional officer under investigation shall be:</text> <level label="1"> <text>notified of the name of each witness and of each charge and specification against the correctional officer; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provided with a copy of the investigatory file and any exculpatory information, if the correctional officer and the correctional officer’s counsel or representative agree to execute a confidentiality agreement with the appointing authority or the Intelligence and Investigative Division not to disclose any material contained in the investigatory file or exculpatory information for any purpose other than to defend the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="n"> <text>A person may not insert adverse material into a file of the correctional officer, except the file of the Intelligence and Investigative Division, unless the correctional officer has an opportunity to review, sign, receive a copy of, and comment in writing on the adverse material.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-906" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>A correctional officer who is denied a right granted by this subtitle may apply to the circuit court of the county where the correctional officer is regularly employed for an order to show cause why the right should not be granted.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The correctional officer may apply for the show cause order:</text> <level label="1"> <text>either individually or through the correctional officers’ exclusive bargaining representative who shall have standing for that purpose; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at any time before the beginning of a hearing by the hearing board.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-907" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>The appointing authority may not bring charges recommending the imposition of discipline more than 90 days after the Intelligence and Investigative Division or the appointing authority acquires knowledge of the action that gives rise to the discipline.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The 90–day limitation established under subsection (a) of this section does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity if the criminal activity:</text> <level label="1"> <text>relates to the correctional officer’s official duties;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>arises from events that occur at a correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>involves an incarcerated individual or detainee at a correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>An appointing authority may not recommend disciplinary action against a correctional officer for excessive use of force against an incarcerated individual based solely on the uncorroborated statement of the incarcerated individual unless the appointing authority determines that there exists any indicia of reliability to support the incarcerated individual’s allegation.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This section does not limit the right of the Department to investigate claims of excessive force against incarcerated individuals to ensure the safety and security of its correctional facilities, or for any other legitimate purpose.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-908" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>If the appointing authority brings charges recommending discipline against a correctional officer, the charges shall contain:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a statement of facts and offenses alleged; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>notice of the correctional officer’s appeal rights.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The appointing authority shall provide the charges and notice required under subsection (a)(2) of this section to the correctional officer and to the correctional officer’s legal counsel or the agent of the employee organization selected by the correctional officer under § 10–907 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>On receiving charges which recommend termination, demotion, or suspension without pay of 10 days or greater, a correctional officer may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>file an appeal under § 11–109 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>within 15 days after receiving the charges, file a request for a hearing by a hearing board.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If a correctional officer receives charges which recommend discipline other than termination, demotion, or suspension without pay of 10 days or greater, before the appointing authority takes action on the discipline, the correctional officer may appeal only under § 11–109 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>An emergency suspension is not subject to appeal.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>An action which does not constitute discipline under § 11–107 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article is not subject to appeal.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-909" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>A correctional officer who has been charged with a felony may request a stay of all charges and proceedings under this section until after a verdict has been reached in the felony case.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A correctional officer who has been convicted of a felony is not entitled to a hearing under this section.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>The hearing board authorized under this section shall consist of at least three members.</text> <level label="1"> <text>For correctional officers holding the rank of sergeant or below, the hearing board shall be composed of two correctional officers who are members of the bargaining unit, one of whom is the same rank as the correctional officer facing charges, and one correctional officer ranked lieutenant or higher.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For correctional officers holding the rank of lieutenant and above, the hearing board shall be composed of one correctional officer of equal rank, one correctional officer of equal or lower rank, and one correctional officer of equal or higher rank.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Correctional officers assigned to serve on a hearing board shall be randomly selected from a rotating list of correctional officers eligible to serve on disciplinary hearing boards maintained by the Department.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Department, after consultation with the exclusive representative for the correctional officers who are covered by this subtitle, shall determine:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the manner of selection of correctional officers who are eligible to serve on a rotating list; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the manner of the selection of correctional officers for a hearing board.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>Correctional officers assigned to serve on a hearing board shall be from a facility other than the facility to which the correctional officer facing charges is regularly assigned, and may not have had a role in the investigation or the interrogation of the correctional officer against whom the charges are filed, or be involved in any way with the incidents that are the subject of the complaint.</text> </level> <level label="v"> <level label="1"> <text>The highest ranking member of the hearing board shall serve as the hearing board chair.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The chair of the hearing board:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>shall participate in any deliberations; but</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>may only vote on the decision in the event of a tie; and</text> </level> <level label="C"> <text>may file a statement of position for the record.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The chair of the hearing board shall be from a different facility than the other board members.</text> </level> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>The appointing authority and the exclusive bargaining representative may negotiate an alternative method of forming the hearing board for members of the collective bargaining unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Decisions of the hearing board shall be by majority vote of all members of the board.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The votes of the hearing board are confidential, and decisions shall be reported by the chair.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>In connection with a disciplinary hearing, the hearing board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents as relevant or necessary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The subpoenas may be served without cost in accordance with the Maryland Rules that relate to service of process issued by a court.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Each party may request the hearing board to issue a subpoena or order under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>In case of refusal to obey a subpoena served under this subsection, the parties to the proceeding may apply without cost to the circuit court of a county where the subpoenaed party resides or conducts business, for an order to compel the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the documents sought.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>On a finding that the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the documents sought is relevant or necessary, the court may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>issue without cost an order that requires the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of documents; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>impose punishment for failure to obey the order.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing shall be conducted by the hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall give the Department and correctional officer ample opportunity to present evidence and argument about the issues involved.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>The correctional facility and correctional officer may be represented by legal counsel they each may select.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>In the alternative, a correctional officer may be represented:</text> <level label="1"> <text>by an agent of the exclusive representative of the correctional officer designated under § 3–406 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>if the correctional officer is not within the bargaining unit for which an exclusive representative is designated under § 3–406 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, by any person chosen by the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Each party has the right to cross–examine witnesses who testify, and each party may submit rebuttal evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Evidence with probative value that is commonly accepted by reasonable and prudent individuals in the conduct of their affairs is admissible and shall be given probative effect.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law and may exclude incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and unduly repetitious evidence.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Each record or document that a party desires to use shall be offered and made a part of the record.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts or by incorporation by reference.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing board may take notice of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>judicially and administratively cognizable facts; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>general, technical, or scientific facts within its specialized knowledge.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notify each party of the facts so noticed either before or during the hearing or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>give each party an opportunity and reasonable time to contest the facts so noticed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The hearing board may use its experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge in the evaluation of the evidence presented.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>The officiating member of a hearing board shall administer oaths or affirmations and examine individuals under oath.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>A correctional officer shall be granted release time from the correctional officer’s normal work schedule to attend a conference or hearing as a witness.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Expenses incurred in connection with attendance by a correctional officer at conferences or hearings, whether as a grievant, as a grievant’s representative, or as a witness, shall be borne by the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <text>An official record, including testimony and exhibits, shall be kept of the hearing.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>To the extent that any provision of this section is inconsistent with the Administrative Procedure Act, the Administrative Procedure Act shall govern.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-910" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A decision, order, or action taken as a result of a hearing under § 10–909 of this subtitle shall be in writing and accompanied by findings of fact.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement on each issue in the case.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A finding of not guilty by the hearing board terminates the action.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The hearing board may make a finding of guilty on a preponderance of the evidence that establishes that the correctional officer engaged in misconduct on any of the charges.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The hearing board shall make a separate finding of guilty or not guilty as to each offense alleged.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>If the hearing board makes a finding of guilt, the hearing board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reconvene the hearing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>receive evidence; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>consider the correctional officer’s past job performance, the relation of the contemplated disciplinary action to any prior disciplinary action, and other relevant mitigating information as factors before deciding a penalty.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The hearing board shall recommend the penalty it considers appropriate under the circumstances, including disciplinary suspension without pay, demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or other similar action that is considered punitive.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>For the purposes of this subsection, performance–based offenses shall be considered one type of offense and attendance–based offenses shall be considered another type of offense.</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>A copy of the decision or order, findings of fact, conclusions, and a written determination of penalty shall be delivered or mailed promptly to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the correctional officer and the correctional officer’s counsel or representative of record;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the appointing authority of the correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Within 30 days after receipt of the recommendations of the hearing board, the appointing authority shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>review the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the hearing board; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>issue a final order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The final order and decision of the appointing authority is binding, but may be appealed in accordance with § 10–911 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The recommendation of a penalty by the hearing board is not binding on the appointing authority.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The appointing authority shall consider the correctional officer’s past job performance and the relation of the contemplated disciplinary action to any prior disciplinary action before imposing a penalty.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Before terminating a correctional officer under this subsection, the appointing authority shall obtain approval from the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the appointing authority may increase the recommended penalty of the hearing board if the appointing authority:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reviews the entire record of the proceedings of the hearing board;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets with the correctional officer and allows the correctional officer to be heard on the record;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>at least 10 days before the meeting, discloses and provides in writing to the correctional officer any oral or written communication not included in the record of the hearing board on which the decision to consider increasing the penalty is wholly or partly based; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>states on the record the substantial evidence on which the appointing authority relied to support the increase of the recommended penalty.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Correctional Training Commission may revoke the certification of a correctional officer in conjunction with disciplinary action taken under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a hearing board rescinds or modifies a disciplinary action against a correctional officer, the hearing board may reinstate the correctional officer’s certification with no further examination or condition.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-911" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>An appeal from a decision made under § 10–910 of this subtitle shall be taken to the circuit court for the county in accordance with Maryland Rule 7–202.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A party aggrieved by a decision of a court under this subtitle may appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-912" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>On request, a correctional officer may have expunged from any file the record of a formal complaint made against the correctional officer if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Intelligence and Investigative Division that investigated the complaint:</text> <level label="i"> <text>exonerated the correctional officer of all charges in the complaint; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>determined that the charges were unsustained or unfounded; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a hearing board acquitted the correctional officer, dismissed the action, or made a finding of not guilty.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>There is no time requirement for expungement under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-913" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle does not prohibit emergency suspension with pay by a correctional officer of higher rank as designated by the appointing authority.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The appointing authority may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the incarcerated individuals, the public, and the correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the appointing authority may suspend the correctional powers of the correctional officer and reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a final determination by the hearing board or the Office of Administrative Hearings with respect to a correctional facility violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A correctional officer who is suspended under this subsection is entitled to a prompt hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The appointing authority may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a correctional officer is charged with a felony;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a correctional officer is charged with a violation of § 9–415, § 9–416, or § 9–417 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a correctional officer is charged with a violation of § 9–412 of the Criminal Law Article involving contraband that is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>money or a money equivalent; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an item or substance intended to cause physical injury.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A correctional officer who is suspended under paragraph (1) of this subsection is entitled to a prompt hearing, held no more than 90 days after the suspension.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, a correctional officer who is suspended under paragraph (1) of this subsection and who is not convicted of the felony or misdemeanor for which the suspension was imposed shall have:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the suspension rescinded; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any lost time, compensation, status, and benefits restored.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Paragraph (3) of this subsection does not apply to a correctional officer who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>resigns before the disposition of the criminal matter for which the suspension was imposed; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is no longer employed by the Department when a determination is made by a court with respect to the criminal matter for which the suspension was imposed.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section>