| | | C. Defining the terms "another state," "registrant," | | "jurisdiction," and "tribe" to be more consistent with | | federal law. |
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| | | 10. It authorizes the State to suspend the requirement that a | | sex offender or sexually violent predator register during any | | period in which the registrant leaves the State, establishes a | | domicile in another state and remains physically absent from the | | State. |
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| | | 11. It increases from $25 to $35 the sex offender and | | sexually violent predator fee for initial registration and annual | | renewal registration and specifies that the law enforcement | | agency that processes registrants' pictures and fingerprints | | receives $10 of the fee. |
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| | | 12. It makes all changes to the Sex Offender Registration and | | Notification Act of 1999 retroactive to June 30, 1992. |
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| | | 13. It directs the Department of Behavioral and Developmental | | Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of | | Corrections and the Department of Public Safety, in cooperation | | with the Child Abuse Action Network, to: |
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| | | A. Identify the subpopulation of potential offenders or | | young persons at risk of offending because they have been | | sexually or physically abused or face a significant mental | | health disability, with recognition of the fact that over | | 95% of sex offenders are male; |
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| | | B. Identify the types of prevention and treatment currently | | known to work with these young persons; |
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| | | C. Coordinate prevention and education efforts with the | | goal of seeking coordinated services to transition at-risk | | youth to healthy adulthood; and |
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| | | D. Report findings to the joint standing committees of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human | | services and criminal justice and public safety matters. |
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| | | 14. It directs the Criminal Law Advisory Commission to: |
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| | | A. Review the Sex Offender Registration and Notification | | Act of 1999 to identify all crimes of gross sexual assault | | and unlawful sexual contact that currently do not require | | any registration; |
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| | | B. Assess whether the current Maine crimes listed as sex | | offenses and sexually violent offenses are appropriate under |
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