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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-503" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purpose of this section is to preserve, promote, and protect public safety and peace in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to an agent, employee, or representative of another state or a political subdivision of another state who is present in this State to enforce the laws of the other state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person subject to this section shall register with the law enforcement agency designated by the governing body of a county when the person enters the county for the purpose of surveillance of the presence or activities of customers or patrons of a business establishment in the State that is engaged in the lawful sale or supply of goods or services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When registering, a person subject to this section shall provide:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and address of the person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name of the person’s employer or principal; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the location of the proposed surveillance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On request, the registration record shall be made available during normal business hours to the public and to lawful business or commercial enterprises in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who fails to register in accordance with this section may not register for 6 months after the failure to register is judicially determined.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The registration of a person who violates this section shall be suspended for 6 months after the violation is judicially determined.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who violates this section while the person’s right to register is suspended or while the person’s registration is suspended, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
