WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 693

743.

(a) As used in this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.

(e)      "Criminal history record information" means data initiated or collected by a
criminal justice agency on a person pertaining to a reportable event and includes data
from an agency that is required to report to the central repository under Title 12 of the
Health - General Article. The term does not include:

(2) Data pertaining to a proceeding under Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the Courts
Article (Juvenile Causes), but it does include:

(I)       [data] DATA pertaining to a person following waiver of
jurisdiction by a juvenile court; AND

(II)     INFORMATION DESCRIBED UNDER § 747(A)(21) AND § 747A OF
THIS SUBTITLE;

(f)      "Criminal justice agency" means any government agency or subunit of any
such agency which is authorized by law to exercise the power of arrest, detention,
prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, custodial treatment or confinement
under Title 12 of the Health - General Article, rehabilitation, or release of persons
suspected, charged, or convicted of a crime or relieved of criminal punishment by a
verdict of not criminally responsible, or is responsible for criminal identification activities
and the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information, and
which allocates a substantial portion of its annual budget to any of these functions. The
term does not include the Department of Juvenile Services or a juvenile court, EXCEPT
AS PROVIDED UNDER § 747(A)(21) AND § 747A OF THIS SUBTITLE, but it does include
the following agencies, when exercising jurisdiction over criminal matters or alternative
dispositions of criminal matters, or criminal history record information:

(1)      State, county, and municipal police departments and agencies, sheriffs'
offices, correctional facilities, jails, and detention centers;

(2)      Any agency required to report to the central repository under § 12-107
or § 12-112 of the Health - General Article;

(3)     The offices of the Attorney General, the State's Attorneys, and any
other person authorized by law to prosecute persons accused of criminal offenses; or

(4)      The Administrative Office of the Courts, the Court of Appeals, the
Court of Special Appeals, the circuit courts, the District Court of Maryland, and the
offices of the clerks of these courts.

(i) "Reportable event" means an event specified or provided for in § 747 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

747.

(a) The following events are reportable events under this subtitle:

(20) Order of a court in a collateral proceeding that affects a person's
conviction, sentence, or confinement; [and]

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