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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-1101" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 of 2021" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="11">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Eligible county” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a county that does not provide defendants with pretrial services; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a county that does provide defendants with pretrial services, but seeks to improve the pretrial services to comply with § 4–1104 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Fund” means the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Pretrial risk scoring instrument validation” means an independent validation study of a pretrial risk scoring tool under § 5–103 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Pretrial services program” means a program established in accordance with § 4–1104 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
