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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-724" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Sex Offender Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person subject to lifetime sexual offender supervision may not knowingly or willfully violate the conditions of the lifetime sexual offender supervision imposed under § 11–723 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates any conditions imposed under § 11–723 of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Imprisonment for a lifetime sexual offender supervision violation is not subject to diminution credits.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A violation of subsection (a) of this section does not discharge a person from lifetime sexual offender supervision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On release from a sentence imposed under subsection (b) of this section, a person remains on lifetime sexual offender supervision, subject to the original terms of supervision, until discharged under subsection (f) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>During the period of lifetime sexual offender supervision, the court may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>remand the person to a correctional facility or release the person with or without bail pending the hearing or determination of a charge of violation of a condition of lifetime sexual offender supervision; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the court finds that the person committed a violation of a condition of supervision, impose a sentence as prescribed in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The sentencing court shall hear and adjudicate a petition for discharge from lifetime sexual offender supervision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may file a petition for discharge after serving at least 5 years of extended sexual offender supervision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a petition for discharge is denied, a person may not renew the petition for a minimum of 1 year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A petition for discharge shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a risk assessment of the person conducted by a sexual offender treatment provider within 3 months before the date of the filing of the petition; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a recommendation regarding the discharge of the person from the sexual offender management team.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The sentencing court may not deny a petition for discharge without a hearing.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The court may not discharge a person from lifetime sexual offender supervision unless the court makes a finding on the record that the petitioner is no longer a danger to others.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The judge who originally imposed the lifetime sexual offender supervision shall hear a petition for discharge.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the judge has been removed from office, has died or resigned, or is otherwise incapacitated, another judge may act in the matter.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
