In re B.G.

Court erred in dismissal of minor Respondent's petition to terminate registration as a sex offender. Section 7 of Sex Offender Registration Act empowers Director of State Police to "extend" registration period but does not authorize Director to order a new registration period. Thus a juvenile registrant may file a section 3-5 petition to terminate registration 5 years or more after original order was entered under Subsection 3-5(a), even if the registration period was extended under Section 7. As more than 5 years elapsed from Respondent's 2004 order sentencing him to probation for criminal sexual assault, Respondent had the right, under Section 3-5(c ), to file petition to terminate registration in 2016. (CARTER and WRIGHT, concurring.)