LD 1514
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LR 2001
Item 1

 
A person who is required under another jurisdiction to
register as a sex offender or sexually violent predator pursuant
to that jurisdiction's sex offender registration statute because
the person is domiciled in another state or who is convicted of a
similar sex offense or sexually violent offense in another
jurisdiction the would require registration in this State shall
register as a sex offender within 10 days of beginning full-time
or part-time employment, with or without compensation, for more
than 14 consecutive days or for an aggregate period exceeding 30
days in a calendar year or beginning college or school on a full-
time or part-time basis in this State. The person shall contact
the bureau, which shall provide the person with a registration
form and direct the person to take the form and a photograph of
the person to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction.
The law enforcement agency shall supervise the completion of the
form, take the person's fingerprints and immediately forward the
form, photograph and fingerprints to the bureau.

 
Sec. 9. 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. The department, a county jail or a state mental
health institute 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 and attend college or school, 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.


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