Md. Code, Correctional Services § 9-512
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 9-512, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§9–512.
Official statutory text
(a) For each incarcerated individual assigned to and employed by the State Highway Administration or a county or municipal corporation, respectively, under § 9–509 or § 9–511 of this subtitle, the State Highway Administration, county, or municipal corporation shall pay to the Division of Correction the daily sum agreed on with the Division of Correction for each day that the incarcerated individual is employed.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, from the payments made under subsection (a) of this section, the Division of Correction:
(i) shall hold an amount, as determined by the Division, to the credit of the incarcerated individual on whose account the payments were made; and
(ii) on release or discharge of the incarcerated individual, shall pay to the incarcerated individual those payments held by the Division to the credit of the incarcerated individual.
(2) If the Division of Correction finds that the wife, child, or other dependent of an incarcerated individual needs financial support, the Division may pay all or part of the payments made under subsection (a) of this section, as the Division considers proper, to the dependent.
(c) The Division of Correction may adopt regulations as necessary to govern the collection and disbursement of payments made under this section.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, from the payments made under subsection (a) of this section, the Division of Correction:
(i) shall hold an amount, as determined by the Division, to the credit of the incarcerated individual on whose account the payments were made; and
(ii) on release or discharge of the incarcerated individual, shall pay to the incarcerated individual those payments held by the Division to the credit of the incarcerated individual.
(2) If the Division of Correction finds that the wife, child, or other dependent of an incarcerated individual needs financial support, the Division may pay all or part of the payments made under subsection (a) of this section, as the Division considers proper, to the dependent.
(c) The Division of Correction may adopt regulations as necessary to govern the collection and disbursement of payments made under this section.
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