H.B. 407

VETOES

alternative means of restitution, either as a condition of probation, condition of
suspended sentence or in lieu of payment of any fines or court costs imposed, under the
supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation, the Department of Juvenile
[Services] JUSTICE, or any other agency or individual as directed by the court.

743.

(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] JUSTICE 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.

765.

(a) (2) "Agency" means any of the following:

(i) The Department of State Police;

(ii) The Baltimore City Police Department;

(iii) The police department, bureau, or force of any county;

(iv) The police department, bureau, or force of any incorporated city

or town;

(v)     The office of the Sheriff of any county;

(vi)    The office of the State's Attorney of any county;

(vii)   The office of the Attorney General;

(viii)  The office of the State Prosecutor;

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