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LR 90
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §11254, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. OOO,
§15, is amended to read:

 
§11254. Mandatory notification of conditional release or

 
discharge of sex offenders

 
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.

 
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:

 
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;

 
B-1.__The address where the sex offender or sexually
violent predator will attend college or school, if
applicable;

 
C. The geographic area to which a the 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 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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