Ch. 311

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) A VICTIM OF THE CRIME FOR WHICH THE PERSON WAS FOUND
TO BE A CHILD SEXUAL OFFENDER, IF THE VICTIM FILED A NOTIFICATION REQUEST
FORM UNDER § 770 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

(II) [the] THE following persons if such notice has been requested in
writing about a specific child sexual offender:

[(i)] 1. 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;

[(ii)] 2. Any witness who testified against the child sexual offender in
any court proceedings involving the offense; and

[(iii)] 3. Any person specified in writing by the State's Attorney.

(4) Information regarding any person who receives notice under paragraph
(3) of this subsection is confidential and may not be disclosed to the child sexual offender
or any other person, agency, or entity.

(5) If a child sexual offender escapes from a facility, the supervising
authority of the facility shall immediately notify, by the most reasonable and expedient
means available:

(i) The local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the
offender resided before the offender was committed to the custody of the supervising
authority; and

(ii) Any person who is entitled to receive notice under paragraph (3)
of this subsection.

(6) If the offender is recaptured, the supervising authority shall send notice,
as soon as possible and in no event later than 2 working days after the supervising
authority learns of the recapture, to:

(i) The local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the
offender resided before the offender was committed to the custody of the supervising
authority; and

(ii) Any person who is entitled to receive notice under paragraph (3)
of this subsection.

(7) A supervising authority shall send any notice required under paragraphs
(3), (5)(ii), and (6)(ii) of this subsection to the last address provided to the supervising
authority for a person who is entitled to notice under paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(8) If a child sexual offender will reside after release in a municipal
corporation that has a police department, or, in the case where a child sexual offender
escapes from a facility and the offender resided, before the offender was committed to
the custody of a supervising authority, in a municipal corporation that has a police
department, a local law enforcement agency that receives a notice from a supervising
authority under this subsection shall send a copy of the notice to the police department of
the municipal corporation.

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