1. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

2. (b) “Child respondent” means a person who:

   1. (1) in a petition filed in juvenile court, is alleged to have committed a delinquent act; or
   2. (2) has committed a delinquent act.
3. (c) “Delinquent act” has the meaning stated in § 3-8A-01 of the Courts Article.
4. (d) “MDEC system” means the system of electronic filing and case management established by the Supreme Court of Maryland.

5. (e) “Prosecuting attorney” means:

   1. (1) the State's Attorney;
   2. (2) the State's Attorney's designee;
   3. (3) when performing a prosecutorial function at the trial level, the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee; or
   4. (4) the State Prosecutor or the State Prosecutor's designee.
6. (f) “Victim stay-away alert technology” means a system of electronic monitoring that is capable of notifying a victim if the defendant is at or near a location from which the defendant has been ordered by the court to stay away.

Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 19, § 1, eff. April 9, 2002; Acts 2014, c. 205, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2017, c. 643, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6.

Formerly Art. 27, §§ 770, 773, 781, 805A.