| FILE NUMBER: H. F. No. 3049
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DATE: February 15, 2000
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| Version: As introduced
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STATUS: Crime Prevention Committee
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| Authors: Bishop and others
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| Subject: Sex Offender Laws
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| Analyst: Judie Zollar, 651-296-1554
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This bill creates a procedure whereby the fact that a person must register under the predatory offender registration law. Current address, and registration period is recorded on a person's driver's license. The bill also requires registration of additional residences, imposes lifetime registration on certain offenders, increases the penalty for failure to register, and restarts the registration period for individuals who are incarcerated after the first register under the law. The bill also appropriates an unspecified amount to implement the provisions of the bill and related projects.
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| 1 | Driving record to indicate that person is a registered predatory offender. Requires the commissioner of public safety, upon receipt of notice from the BCA that a person is required to register under the predatory offender registration law, to determine whether the person has a driver's license or permit to drive. If the person has such a license or permit, the commissioner must record on the person's driving record the following: |
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| Specifies that this data is private data, but may be released to and exchanged among agencies for purposes of an investigation. | |
| -323 | Contents of registration; addresses required to be provided. Current law requires a person who must register under the law to register the person's primary residence. This bill also requires a person to register all secondary residences and all property owned, leased, or rented by the person and used for recreational purposes. Requires the person to report to the agent or authority an address other than the primary residence within five days of the date the clause becomes applicable (a similar requirement already exists for the primary residence). Also requires the person to inform the agent or authority if the address is no longer valid. |
| 4 | Criminal penalty. Current law provides a gross misdemeanor penalty for knowingly violating the registration law or intentionally providing false information to a corrections agent, law enforcement authority, or the BCA. A five-year felony penalty is provided for a second or subsequent violation. This bill provides that a five-year felony penalty applies to the first and subsequent violations. Also requires a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than two years. |
| 5 | Registration period Imposes lifetime registration on three categories of offenders: |
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| Also restarts the registration period for individuals who are incarcerated after they are first required to register. Specifies that these individuals must continue to register under the law until ten year have elapsed since the person was released from incarceration, or until the person's probation, supervised release, or conditional release expires, whichever occurs later. | |
| 6-7 | Use of information; notice to department of public safety. Amends the data classification provision in the predatory offender registration law to allow disclosure of information to the department of public safety. Requires the superintendent of the BCA to notify the commissioner of public safety about individuals who are required to register under the predatory offender registration law and to disclose the registrant's name, current address, and the time during period that the registrant is required to register. |
| 8 | Appropriations. Appropriates an unspecified amount from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety, superintendent of the BCA, and commissioner of corrections for costs associated with implementing in the bill. Also appropriates an unspecified amount to the superintendent of the BCA for the BCA's criminal assessment program to improve the sex offender registry and the missing persons clearinghouse and provide analytical support services. |
| 9 | Effective date. Section 4 is effective August 1, 2000, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date. Section 5 is effective July 1, 2000, and applies to persons who commit offenses requiring lifetime registration on or after that date. |