District Of Columbia § 7-2508.01 - Definitions.
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§ 7-2508.01. Definitions.
7-2508.01For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
“Correctional facility” means any building or group of buildings and concomitant services operated as a single management unit by the Department of Corrections, or a similar federal, state, county, or local government agency, or a contractor to such an agency, for the purpose of housing and providing services to persons ordered confined pending trial or sentencing, or incarcerated following sentencing for a violation of law.
“Gun offender” means a person:
Convicted at any time of a gun offense in the District;
Convicted at any time of a gun offense who resides in the District within the registration period established pursuant to ;
Who has as a mandatory condition of release a registration requirement in the District pursuant to .
“Gun offense” means:
A conviction for the sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, acquisition, possession, use, manufacture, carrying, transportation, registration, or licensing of a firearm under [ et seq.], or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses;
A conviction for violating , , , or , or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses;
A conviction for a firearms-related violation of the provisions (assault with a dangerous weapon), (unlawful possession of contraband), or (carjacking); or
Violations in other jurisdictions of any offense with an element that involves the violations listed in subparagraphs (A), (B), or (B-i) of this paragraph.
“Resides” means to stay overnight in the District of Columbia for an aggregate period of time exceeding 30 days in any calendar year.
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