H.B. 576                                                 VETOES

(iii) "Release" does not include an escape.

(5) "Supervising authority" means:

(i) If the child sexual offender is in the custody of a facility operated
by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Secretary of Public
Safety and Correctional Services;

(ii) If the child sexual offender is in the custody of a local or regional
detention center, including an offender who is participating in a home detention program,
the administrator of the facility;

(iii) If the child sexual offender is granted probation before judgment,
probation after judgment, or a suspended sentence, the court that granted the probation
or suspended sentence;

(iv) If the child sexual offender is in the custody of the Patuxent
Institution, the Director of the Patuxent Institution;

(v) If the child sexual offender is in the custody of a facility operated
by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene; or

(vi) If the child sexual offender's sentence does not include a term of
imprisonment, the court in which the offender was convicted.

(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, on the earlier of the date
that the child sexual offender is released, is granted probation before judgment, is
granted probation after judgment, is granted a suspended sentence, or receives a sentence
that does not include a term of imprisonment the supervising authority shall send written
notice of the release of the child sexual offender to the local law enforcement agency in
the county where the offender will reside.

(2)     A written notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall
include:

(i)     The full name of the child sexual offender;

(ii)    The child sexual offender's address, if available;

(iii)   The child sexual offender's Social Security number;

(iv)   A recent photograph of the child sexual offender; and

(v) A brief description of the crime for which the child sexual offender
was convicted, granted probation before judgment, or found not criminally responsible.

(3)     The same notice as required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall
be sent to the following persons if such notice has been requested in writing about a
specific child sexual offender:

(i) The victim of the crime for which the child sexual offender was
convicted or, if the victim is a minor, the parents or legal guardian of the victim;

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