Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Maryland Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a meeting of the Maryland Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) on April 25, 2017 in the Auditorium, Earl C. Graves School of Business & Management, at Morgan State University located at 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251. The purpose of the briefing meeting is to hear testimony on the impact of the recent Court of Appeals decision on bail policies. The Committee will also hear testimony on whether jurisdictions in Maryland are raising revenue through the use of fines and fees, including traffic tickets, other minor offenses, reimbursement fees for the costs of defense services, fine surcharges, court administrative fees, user fees to defray the costs of incarceration, and probation, parole or other supervision fees and whether these are disparately impacting people of color.