PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 585

(5) "Notoriety of crimes contract" means a contract or other agreement with
a defendant, or a representative or assignee of a defendant, with respect to:

(i) The reenactment of a crime by way of a movie, book, magazine
article, tape recording, phonograph record, radio or television presentation, or live
entertainment of any kind;

(ii) The expression of the defendant's thoughts, feelings, opinions, or
emotions regarding a crime involving or causing personal injury, death, or property loss as
a direct result of the crime; or

(iii) The payment or exchange of any money or other consideration or
the proceeds or profits that directly or indirectly result from a crime, a sentence, or the
notoriety of a crime or sentence.

(b)     A person who enters a notoriety of crimes contract with a defendant, or a
representative or assignee of that defendant, shall:

(1)     Submit a copy of the contract or summary of the terms of an oral
agreement to the Attorney General; and

(2)     Pay over to the Attorney General any moneys or other consideration not
subject to an order of restitution under § [640] 807 of this article which by the terms of
the contract would otherwise be owing to the defendant, or a representative or assignee
of the defendant.

(c)     (1) On receipt of a copy of a contract under subsection (b)(1) of this section,
the Attorney General shall mail to any victim at the victim's last known address, a notice
that informs the victim of the Attorney General's receipt of the copy.

(2)     (i) After the passage of 30 days, but before the expiration of 180 days
from receipt of the contract or moneys described in subsection (b)(2) of this section, the
Attorney General shall render a decision as to whether a contract is a notoriety of crimes
contract.

(ii) The Attorney General may render the decision after 180 days for
cause.

(3)     For the purposes of rendering a decision under this subsection, there
shall be a rebuttable presumption that the contract is a notoriety of crimes contract. The
defendant may rebut this presumption by establishing to the satisfaction of the Attorney
General that the subject matter of the contract only tangentially or incidentally relates to
the crime.

(4)     The Attorney General shall notify the defendant and the victim of the
decision rendered under this subsection.

(5)     The Attorney General may not make any disposition of the moneys
collected under subsection (b) of this section until 60 days after the defendant and the
victim have been notified.

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