Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §§11251 and 11252, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 437, §2, are repealed.

Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §§11253 to 11256 are enacted to read:

§11253.__Risk assessment

The department shall establish and apply a risk assessment instrument, as defined in section 11103, to each sex offender and sexually violent predator under its jurisdiction for the purpose of notification to law enforcement agencies and to the public.

§11254.__Mandatory notification of conditional release or

discharge of sex offenders

The department and the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification are governed by the following notice provisions when a sex offender or sexually violent predator is conditionally released or discharged.

1.__Duties of department.__The department shall give the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification notice of the following:

A.__The address where the sex offender or sexually violent predator will reside;

B.__The address where the sex offender or sexually violent predator will work, if applicable;

C.__The geographic area to which a sex offender's or sexually violent predator's conditional release is limited, if any; and

D.__The status of the sex offender or sexually violent predator when released as determined by the risk assessment instrument, the offender's or predator's risk assessment score, a copy of the risk assessment instrument and applicable contact standards for the offender or predator.

2.__Duties of Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification.__Upon receipt of the information concerning the conditional release or discharge of a sex offender or sexually violent predator pursuant to subsection 1, the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification shall forward the information in subsection 1 to all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in those areas where the sex offender or sexually violent predator will reside or work.