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Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 4-1101

  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
// EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 of 2021 //

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Eligible county” means:

(1) a county that does not provide defendants with pretrial services; or

(2) a county that does provide defendants with pretrial services, but seeks to improve the pretrial services to comply with § 4-1104 of this subtitle.

(c) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.

(d) “Fund” means the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund.

(e) “Pretrial risk scoring instrument validation” means an independent validation study of a pretrial risk scoring tool under § 5-103 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

(f) “Pretrial services program” means a program established in accordance with § 4-1104 of this subtitle.