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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 12.02.18.01" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="18" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adjudicated Federal Detainer.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Adjudicated federal detainer” means a detainer based on an offense for which the defendant has been:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Tried;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Convicted;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Sentenced; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Committed to the custody of the U.S. Attorney General.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Adjudicated federal detainer” does not mean a detainer:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Based on an untried indictment, information, or complaint; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Of federal parole or federal probation.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Division of Correction or designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Concurrent Federal Sentence.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Concurrent federal sentence” means a sentence which runs simultaneously with a Maryland sentence because it:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Has a beginning date expressly stated on its judgment and commitment record; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Is expressly described on a federal commitment record, to run concurrent with a Maryland sentence.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Concurrent federal sentence” also means a federal sentence to which a Maryland sentence is concurrent.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Each additional federal sentence shall be considered consecutive to the Maryland sentence.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Division” means Division of Correction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Eligible person” means an inmate who meets the criteria for transfer to Patuxent Institution in Correctional Services Article, §4-101(e), Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 12.12.03.05.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Field compact administrator” means the case management manager, supervisor, or specialist within each correctional institution who coordinates all actions involving the Interstate Corrections Compact.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Headquarters compact administrator” means the headquarters staff person appointed by the Commissioner as the administrator for implementation of the Interstate Corrections Compact.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Interstate Corrections Compact” means a legal agreement enabling a signatory state to the Interstate Corrections Compact, which has a contractual agreement with Maryland, to consider the transfer of an inmate sentenced to a correctional institution of the other signatory state for confinement and program participation, if appropriate.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Signatory state” means a state which has enacted legislation to implement the Interstate Corrections Compact and has a contractual agreement with Maryland for transferring inmates.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Total Sentence.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Total sentence” means an inmate's last expiring operative sentence.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If an inmate is serving a single sentence, it is that sentence.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If an inmate is serving a combination of concurrent sentences, it is the sentence that will expire last.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the inmate is serving a combination of consecutive sentences, it is the sentence or sum of sentences that will expire last.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Unserved balance of the total federal sentence” means the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Interval from the date of sentence calculation to the presumptive parole release date of the total federal sentence, if one exists;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Interval from the date of sentence calculation to the maximum expiration date of the total federal sentence; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Length of the total federal sentence considering the unique circumstances of the case.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Unserved balance of the total Maryland sentence” means the interval from the date of consideration for eligibility for parole to an adjudicated federal detainer, to the current mandatory release date on the total Maryland sentence.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>