| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11254, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. OOO, | §15, is amended to read: |
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| §11254. Mandatory notification of conditional release or |
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| discharge of sex offenders |
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| | The department, county jails, state mental health institutes | 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. |
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| | 1. Duties of the department; county jail; state mental | health institute. The department or the county jail or state | mental health institute conditionally releasing or discharging | a sex offender or sexually violent predator shall give the | Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification | and all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in | those areas where that sex offender or sexually violent | predator may reside, work or attend college or school notice | of the following: |
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| A. The address where the sex offender or sexually violent | predator will reside; |
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| B. The address where the sex offender or sexually violent | predator will work, if applicable; |
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| B-1.__The address where the sex offender or sexually | violent predator will attend college or school, if | applicable; |
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| C. The geographic area to which a the sex offender's or | sexually violent predator's conditional release is | limited, if any; and |
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| 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. |
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| | 2. Duties of the 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 may reside | or work. |
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