A. If the sex offender 10-year registrant was sentenced to a wholly suspended sentence with probation or to a punishment alternative not involving imprisonment, the 10- year period is treated as having begun at the time the person commenced an actual execution of the wholly suspended sentence or at the time of sentence imposition when no punishment alternative involving imprisonment was imposed, unless the court ordered a stay of execution, in which event the 10-year period is treated as having begun at the termination of the stay.

B. If the sex offender 10-year registrant was sentenced to a straight term of imprisonment or to a split sentence, the 10-year period is treated as having begun at the time of discharge or conditional release.

C. If the sex offender 10-year registrant was committed under Title 15, section 103, the 10-year period is treated

as having begun at the time of discharge or conditional release under Title 15, section 104-A.

D. If the sex offender's 10-year registrant's duty to register has not yet been triggered, the 10-year period will commence upon registration by the person in compliance with section 11222, subsection 1-A, paragraphs paragraph A, B or C.

2. Lifetime registrant. A sexually violent predator person coming within the definition of a lifetime registrant who has been sentenced on or after June 30, 1992 shall register for the duration of the sexually violent predator's that__registrant's life.

A person who has established a domicile in this State subsequent to being required to register pursuant to another jurisdiction's sex offender registration statute for a lifetime or who is a person coming within the definition of a lifetime registrant shall register for the duration of the registrant's life.

2-A.__Periods when domiciled outside Maine.__Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, during any period in which the 10-year registrant or lifetime registrant leaves the State, establishes a domicile in another state and remains physically absent from the State the bureau may suspend the requirement that a 10-year registrant or lifetime registrant register.