PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               H.B. 343

(8) "REGISTRANT" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS:
(I) A CHILD SEXUAL OFFENDER;
(II) AN OFFENDER;

(III)   A SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER; OR

(IV)   A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR

(9) "SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE" MEANS:

(I) A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF § 462, § 463, § 464, §
464A, § 464B, OR § 464F OF THIS ARTICLE; OR

(II) ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT RAPE IN THE FIRST OR
SECOND DEGREE OR A SEXUAL OFFENSE IN THE FIRST OR SECOND DEGREE AS
PREVIOUSLY PROSCRIBED UNDER FORMER § 12 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(10) "SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDER" MEANS A PERSON WHO:

(I) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE;

(II) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A SEXUALLY
VIOLENT OFFENSE; OR

(III) HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN ANOTHER STATE OF AN OFFENSE THAT.
IF COMMITTED IN THIS STATE, WOULD CONSTITUTE A SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE.

(11) "SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR" MEANS A PERSON WHO:

(I) IS CONVICTED OF A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT SEXUALLY
VIOLENT OFFENSE; AND

(II) HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION TO
BE AT RISK OF COMMITTING A SUBSEQUENT SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENSE.

[(5)](6) (12) "Supervising authority" means:

(i) If the [child] sexual offender REGISTRANT 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 REGISTRANT' 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 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (VIII) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH IF the [child] sexual offender REGISTRANT 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 REGISTRANTS in the custody of the
Patuxent Institution, the Director of the Patuxent Institution;

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